The amounts of melanin pigment causing color differences between the vermilion and lip mucosa

J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2018 Dec;71(12):1816-1834. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2018.08.002. Epub 2018 Aug 24.

Authors

Ikkei Takashimizu¹, Shunsuke Yuzuriha²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto-Shi, Nagano, 390-8621, Japan. Electronic address: ikkeit@shinshu-u.ac.jp.
² Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto-Shi, Nagano, 390-8621, Japan.

PMID: 30224165
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2018.08.002

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Cleft Lip / metabolism
Cleft Lip / surgery
Color
Eosine Yellowish-(YS) / metabolism
Fluorescent Dyes / metabolism
Hematoxylin / metabolism
Humans
Lip / chemistry
Lip / cytology*
MART-1 Antigen / metabolism
Melanins / metabolism*
Melanocytes / cytology
Melanocytes / metabolism*
Mouth Mucosa / chemistry
Mouth Mucosa / cytology
Staining and Labeling / methods

Substances

Fluorescent Dyes
MART-1 Antigen
Melanins
Eosine Yellowish-(YS)
Hematoxylin