Zachary D Zapatero, Clifford I Workman, Christopher L Kalmar, Stacey Humphries, Mychajlo S Kosyk, Anna R Carlson, Jordan W Swanson, Anjan Chatterjee, Jesse A Taylor
BACKGROUND: This study tested the core tenets of how facial scars are perceived by characterizing layperson response to faces with scars. The authors predicted that scars closer to highly viewed structures of the face (i.e., upper lip and lower lid), scars aligned against resting facial tension lines, and scars in the middle of anatomical subunits of the face would be rated less favorably. METHODS: Volunteers aged 18 years and older from the United States were recruited through Amazon's Mechanical Turk to complete a face rating survey...
December 1, 2022: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery