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. 2017 Oct 4;8(6):557–572. doi: 10.1007/s13244-017-0575-0

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Fig. 2 — Schematic illustration of the subcutaneous facial fat compartments. 3D reconstruction from contrast enhanced CT. Position of the retaining ligaments of the face (white lines), superficial (yellow), and deep (light green) fat compartments in relationship to the facial skeleton. a The superficial group (yellow) includes the following compartments (units): the nasolabial fat (1), the medial superficial cheek fat (2), the middle superficial cheek fat (3), the lateral temporal cheek fat (4), the central forehead fat (5) and paramedian forehead (6) fat, the superior orbital (7), inferior orbital (8) and lateral orbital (9) fat, and the superior jowl (10) and inferior jowl (11) fat. b The deep group (light green) includes the following compartments: the medial (12) and lateral (13) sub-orbicularis oculi fat, the deep medial cheek fat (14), the buccal fat pad (15) and Ristov’s space (16). Modified after Rohrich et al. and Alghoul et al. [23, 83]