Source paper 2013 · Revisional malarplasty

A paper by Dr. Jung Su Lee, from whom Dr. Kang inherited this technique. It is Dr. Lee’s record, not Dr. Kang’s.

Sole author · 2013

A Revisional Malarplasty: Endoscopic Zygoma Reduction

Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Eleven revision cases: endoscopic correction of residual zygomatic prominence and asymmetry after earlier malar surgery.

What was recorded

Eleven patients who had undergone malar reduction elsewhere and were left with residual prominence of the arch or asymmetry were treated by endoscopic revision through the temporal approach — nine under sedation, two under general anaesthesia. The paper sets down what has to be found again in a face that has already been operated on: the old osteotomy line, the adhesions, and whether what remains is bone, a displaced fragment or descended soft tissue.

What it shows

A face operated on before is a different problem from one opened for the first time. A revision is not a further reduction; it is a reading of the last operation, and the diagnosis of the cause comes before the amount removed. This is the second of the three malar papers, and the one that extended the temporal approach to revision.

What it does not show

Eleven cases is a small series, reported as such. The paper is indexed on KCI and not on PubMed, and is cited here from the Korean database. Its cases are not added to the 32 of 2003 or the 261 of 2021.

A revision is not a further reduction. It is a reading of the last operation.

Citation

Authors: Lee JS
Title: A Revisional Malarplasty: Endoscopic Zygoma Reduction
Journal: Arch Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2013;19(2):95-100
Identifiers: KCI (Korea Citation Index) · not indexed on PubMed
Authorship: Sole author

Source · KCI Verified against KCI, 6 September 2026

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