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Jun 28, 11 11:12AM | 0 comments
I was checking Sports Illustrated's web page to get the updates from Wimbledon and they showed a smiling picture of German, Sabine Lisicki, who'd just won her quarterfinal match.

MS. Lisicki demonstrates a phenomena known as a "gummy smile" which is produced most often by an overly tight band of tissue under the upper lip called the frenulum.

Release and lengthening of this band is commonly performed during rhinoplasty procedure (at least in my hands) and produces an instance and sometimes dramatic correction of the smile with much less show of the gums and upper teeth. This surgery takes about 1 minute to do and can be performed under local anesthesia BTW.

Rob

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  • (Comment from original source - botox toronto) on Jul 04, 11 03:52AM
    She's one of my favorite players, too bad she lost the semifinal at Wimbledon this year. She is not such a natural beauty and maybe that's why she did some botox treatments, to look good in front of the camera, and as we all saw, botox had no bad effect on her game:)
  • (Comment from original source - Dr. Tony Youn) on Jul 09, 11 07:40PM
    Have you had good luck with such a simple procedure for this? I've done some gummy smile repairs that necessitated much more surgery! If this works, I'd love to know.
  • (Comment from original source - Mahnoor) on Aug 03, 11 09:55AM
    Several millennium later, the Romans performed simple techniques like repairing damaged ears. In Europe, Dr Heinrich von Pfolspeundt conducted a simple plastic surgery by removing skin coming from the arm’s back and sutured it in place. plastic surgery hospital in Thailand
  • (Comment from original source - Anonymous) on Aug 05, 11 04:25AM
    great............

    she is my favorite player :D
  • (Comment from original source - rhinoplasty) on Aug 05, 11 04:27AM
    nice post :)
  • (Comment from original source - Anonymous) on Aug 15, 11 04:31PM
    Curious to know why you call it a "correction." There's nothing physically wrong here - just an aesthetic preference - on your part. I would like to know why plastic surgeons call their cosmetic procedures corrections. Correction implies that there is something incorrect. Is this marketing-speak? If you care to share, I'm interested.
  • (Comment from original source - Plastic Surgery Minneapolis) on Aug 18, 11 03:37PM
    What's the typical healing time for a surgery like this?
  • (Comment from original source - co2 blepharoplasty) on Aug 24, 11 09:38PM
    Have you had good luck with such a simple procedure for this? I've done some gummy smile repairs that necessitated much more surgery! If this works, I'd love to know.
  • (Comment from original source - Cosmetic Surgery India) on Dec 07, 11 03:38AM
    She is very good player I love her game. Possible for looking more beautiful she want to go through cosmetic surgery and this. Well this is not very rare it is very common people used to go through this type of surgery process. Plastic and cosmetic surgery are very common and with good success rate.
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