Maurício de Maio publishes paper on myomodulation with injectable fillers
Leading plastic surgeon and internationally renowned injector, Maurício de Maio, has published an article in the Aesthetic Plastic Surgery journal entitled “”Myomodulation with Injectable Fillers: An Innovative Approach to Addressing Facial Muscle Movement”.
In the article de Maio says highlights that “consideration of facial muscle dynamics is underappreciated among clinicians who provide injectable filler treatment” and says a more comprehensive understanding of the role of muscle function in facial appearance, taking into account biomechanical concepts such as the balance of activity among synergistic and antagonistic muscle groups, is “critical to restoring facial appearance to that of a typical youthful individual with facial aesthetic treatments.”
He believes that failure to fully understand the effects of loss of support (due to ageing or congenital structural deficiency) on muscle stability and interaction can result in inadequate or inappropriate treatment, producing an unnatural appearance.
The paper outlines these concepts to provide an innovative framework for an understanding of the role of muscle movement on facial appearance and presents cases that illustrate how modulation of muscle movement with injectable fillers can address structural deficiencies, rebalance abnormal muscle activity, and restore facial appearance.
Read more here
