For more information on cleft lip reconstruction, visit the Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Institute.
To schedule an appointment with a St. Louis Children's Hospital plastic surgeon, please call 314.454.KIDS (5437) or 800.678.KIDS (5437).
Pre op photo at age 2 months of a child with a cleft lip. The post op photo is 5 months after reconstruction at St. Louis Children's Hospital Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Institute.
Child with right sided incomplete cleft lip and cleft palate. Postop is 1 year after lip repair.
3 month old male with incomplete left cleft lip repair. Post op photo is 10 months after left cleft lip repair at the Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Institute at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
3 month old female with right incomplete cleft lip. Post op is 1 month after surgery at the Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Institute at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
Child with a bilateral complete cleft lip and palate (left). 1 year after cleft lip and nose repair (right).
Two-year-old before and after repair of right complete cleft lip and palate by the plastic surgeons at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
Preoperative before (left-top) and after (left-bottom) nasoalveolar molding (NAM). Postoperative result after cleft lip and nose repair (right). Procedure performed at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
Four-year-old boy who was born with a left sided unilateral cleft lip deformity. Before and After photos.
This baby boy was born with a wide left-sided cleft lip and palate. He underwent one surgery for repair of his cleft lip at 3 months of age as well as a cleft palate repair around age 1. His followup photo shows his appearance three years later.
This child was born with severe, asymmetric bilateral cleft lip and palate. Her cleft lip was repaired at 4 months of age. Postoperative photos show her at 1 year just before her cleft palate repair.
(Left) Child with a bilateral cleft lip and palate. (Right) 5 months after cleft lip and nose repair.
(Left) Child with a bilateral cleft lip and palate. (Right) 6 months after cleft lip and nose repair.
Child with a unilateral cleft lip and palate. Follow-up photo is at 2 years of age after nasoalveolar molding (NAM) and repair of lip and palate at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
Child with a wide unilateral cleft lip and palate. Followup photo is at 3 years of age after repair of his lip, nose and palate.
Child after unilateral cleft lip-nose repair
For more information on cleft lip reconstruction, visit the Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Institute.
To schedule an appointment with a St. Louis Children's Hospital plastic surgeon, please call 314.454.KIDS (5437) or 800.678.KIDS (5437).
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