The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-02
NEW FACES MADE.
Facial Deformities Are Now Re-
duced 10 O Minimum.
Operations for Correcting Some
Common Defects

Whether or not a man is born into
tho world with q homely face, or
whether accident causes a facial de-
formily, there is 10 these days no
reason for bis going through life with
out having almost any defect RENE.
died. Perhaps one may not bo changed
from a Caliban 20 an Adonis, but at
least science and the inventive genius
Of man have provided the means OF
reducing doiormitics 10 a minimum.
What seem to be almost miracles
arc now performed in the operations
Of plastic and dental surgery. II a
man is not satisfied with bis nose, II it
be too much of a Roman 20 suit his
face, be can have it transformed into
a delicate Grecian. Should tho eyes
be afflicted with a horrible squirt, OF
be almond-shaped or otherwise unnat-
ural, they can be corrected with a sim
plicity of operation that almost causes
a smile when the method of treatment
becomes known. Let it be what it
may, a misshapen limb or n hideous
face, the result Of either freak Of
nature or an accident, the means Of
strengthening the ono and Of beautiiy-
ing the other are at hand.
As regards tho face, the hare lip is
the most common defect. This
trouble is due to the failure Of union
between the margins of the maxillary
and the front nasal bone. It not only
causes a total Disagreement OF the
face, but it makes speaking on I'M
pleasant matter, both for the speaker
and the hearer. The defect is ordi-
narily seen in tho upper lip, aud is Of
ten double, the lip on both sides Of
the centre being painfully drawn up.
Bad as it looks and inconvenient as it
is, the remedy is as simple as can be
imagined.
1t merely consists of q triangular
incision made under the nostril. A
silk ligaturo is then put through the
incision and drawn downward. This
inverts the flap and brings together
the opposing surfaces, which may at
once be secured with sutures. a slight
projection is left on the border OF the
lip but it soon disappears.
The operation for the double hare
lip is practically the same, entailing a
little more work for the knife. The
hare-lip deformity is seldom found on
the lower lip, and when it is it ex-
tends down on the chin, practically
dividing it. This, however, can be
remedied as easily as the other.
Next to the hare lip in the line Of
frequency comes the absence or the
deformity of the nose as q congenital
defect. In the making of the nasal
organ plastic surgery has achieved
wonders. The bow in a Roman nose,
for instance, can be effectually re
duced.
This operation is performed en-
tirely from the inside. The instru
ment is introduced into the nostri
and the bono is cut away, great care
being taken not to fracture the skin.
The surplus cuticle readily contracts
and, accommodating itself to the re
duced space it is required to cover
the bridge of the nose is left entirely
smooth on the surface, while straight
and comedy organ has been produced
The same operation can be per
formed on a pug or turned-up nose
This work is also done from the inside
Enough of the cartilage on the tip i
taken away to reduce the excessiv,
protuberance, and the same result a
in the case of the bow is attained.
But the making of a new nose t.
take the place of the missing one is
different matter. 1t is easy to for1
these organs in any shape or size de
sired out Of celluloid aluminium, O
even pasteboard, and have them fat
tened by adhesion OF held on by spec
tacles; but they are not good noses
The owner cannot blow them, aud
some one should, in a moment of el
cessive hilarity, tweak one it would /
likely to come of.
Surgeons, however, now make nose
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