Table 2. Aesthetic aspects of the malaris muscle.

Compartmentalization of malaris muscle	Aesthetic aspects
Orbitozygomatic muscle; the muscle bundle resembling the medial bundle of the malaris muscle [25]	Cause of nasojugal fold
	To prevent infraorbital fat herniation
	To prevent drooping of the suborbicularis oculi fat pad
Lateral bundle	Assistant of zygomaticus major muscle in smiling and laughing [2,15]
	Cause of crow's feet at the corners of the eyes during smiling or laughing [11]
	To participate in dimple formation together with the risorius muscle [15]
	To enhance SMAS in retaining the midface region by contracting and pulling up the soft tissues [14,19,36]
Suspending bundle [16]	To sustain the intraorbital structures Cause of palpebro-malar groove

SMAS, superficial musculoaponeurotic system.