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Bone gender (Part II)

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I had written about bone gender in a previous posting. It was about the facial shape made of facial bones having gender traits. This time, I’ll be getting into the gender traits of facial bones themselves. People generally seem to consider facial bone surgery very complicated or difficult. Facial contouring surgery, which mainly trims the outer contour of the face, and orthognathic surgery, which changes the position of the upper and lower jaws, including the teeth, are the representative facial bone surgeries. Most of these surgeries are performed through the mucosa membrane inside the mouth, so you can barely see any scars on the exterior. Surgery starts with an incision in the mucous membrane of the mouth, followed by detachment. Detachment is the separation of the periosteum from the facial bone. The periosteum is a membrane that wraps around the bone and is attached to the bone. If you don't know what this is, think about the ribs you eat. When you bite into the meat on ribs, ...