07/19/2025
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🐰 Fun medical fact: Ever heard of “McGregor’s patch”?
Not to be confused with Mr. McGregor’s forbidden garden from Peter Rabbit!🐇
In medicine, McGregor’s patch refers to the zygomatic ligaments crucial ligamentous support structures in the cheeks that help prevent facial sagging.
🥼Named after Dr. Mar McGregor who first described these fibrous attachments in 1959, but here’s the twist: it was actually his medical illustrator, ✍️🎨Preddy, who insisted on calling it “McGregor’s patch” when creating her drawings.
🤔 Coincidence that she chose “patch” - the same term associated with garden plots? Being that Dr. McGregor was working within the British Commonwealth at the time, it’s likely that his illustrator would Choosing “patch” over a more formal anatomical terminology like “ligament” or “fascia”.
We may never know if it was a cheeky nod to Beatrix Potter’s famous British Peter Rabbit tale written 50 years earlier, but it was one of the most popular children’s books references in the late 50’s.
Today, dermal fillers targeted at the area of “the patch” can help lift descended facial tissues and strengthen these natural ligament support systems. Sometimes the best medical innovations have the most unexpected backstories!
Have you had your patch filled yet??
