Page A16 October 2022 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS Se c t i on A In creating a pleasant, peaceful and memorable viewing experience for families and friends, occasionally our work isn’t over after the last tank of embalming chemicals has been injected. Regardless of it being a result of our own work or others, we are the ones left to pick up the slack and finish the job. I can’t stress enough the importance of the facial “features” or markings in creating a pleasant viewing experience for family and friends. Those features, markings, scars, moles, dimples, etc., are the things that define our look. It is who we are in life. Therefore, it is absolutely irresponsible in death to hide these natural features with poor embalming, waxes or heavy cosmetics. One of the most noticeable features of the face is the nasolabial fold. This is the depressed area that extends from the wing of the nose to the line of mouth closure. In the deceased who have withered away as the result of a debilitating disease, this prominent feature is often lost or barely recognizable. As I have suggested previously, the best approach is to inject a humectant to plump the facial tissue uniformly through the arterial injection. But too often this approach is not followed and it is left to the receiving director to overcome this shortfall. Some suggest using a darker shade of cosmetic to recreate the nasolabial fold by creating a shadow, if you will. I’ve used this method on bodies that were too firm or fixed to use tissue building. This method has its place, but it is not one of my favorites. If your prep room or cosmetic grip doesn’t have 29–31-gauge needles, 2”–4” in length, I would encourage you to stock up. You can find them at your local pharmacy drug counter. Youwill have to ask the pharmacist to assist you but I’ve never had a problem obtaining them. A side note: if your hypoing needles become clogged, simply heat them with a match or lighter, and push solvent through them. Problem solved. A recent photo of the deceased is always a great resource. Fig. 1 shows how I re-create By Wally Hooker, CFSP, MBIE the nasolabial fold. I really don’t recreate the fold, but I raise the surrounding area by hypoing with firming tissue builder. I enter through the lip, and reach far enough through the inner integumentary lip to the area that needs plumping. One entry point should be adequate to fan the tissue builder into the area. I use the end of a cosmetic brush (Fig. 2 and Fig. 3) placed firmly into the depression to create and maintain the furrow as I introduce the tissue building material. As with any tissue building, go carefully and don’t attempt to recreate something that isn’t natural. Fig. 4 demonstrates the entry point to raise the tissue above the fold. Fig. 5 shows the progress in plumping the tissues of the cheek. Again, a single entry point with a 3” needle should allow you to fan the needle into the area that needs attention. I prefer to inject a little deeper into the tissue for better results than superficial. The same technique can be used on the angulus oris eminence (just below the corner of the mouth closure), the intercilary sulci (the furrow just above and between the eyes), or any other area needing attention. Embalming 101 The hands are often overlooked. Fig. 6 indicates frail lookinghands. Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 demonstrate tissue building, and also indicates how the wedding ring is very loose. Fig. 9 demonstrates how a small amount of tissue builder can plump the finger significantly to make the ring fit as it should and not be loose. Fig. 10 is simply plumping the tip of the thumb. Follow these tips on the rest of the fingers and hands. Strive to be the practitioner that people talk about, who “could make grandpa or grandma look like they could sit up and talk.” That’s what it’s all about my friends. Do what the others aren’t doing by going the extra mile! Too many Knuckleheads are dropping the ball and making us look bad. Keep fighting the good fight! See you next month, and be safe out there! Wallace P. (Wally) Hooker CFSP, MBIE, is the owner, funeral director and embalmer of Family & Friends Funeral Home of Wingate, IN. He and his wife, Janet designed, established and built their funeral home in 2004. Wally is a graduate of Worsham College of Mortuary Science, where he serves on the Advisory Board. He is Past President of the Indiana Funeral Directors Association and board member of North American Division of the British Institute of Embalmers. In addition, he has served as chief deputy coroner/investigator of Fountain County, IN for the last 24 years. F U N E R A L H O M E & C E M E T E R Y N E W S w w w . 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Meet Week also saw this beauty garner the most People’s Choice votes at Parks Superior’s 70th Anniversary Open House & Car Show in Somers, CT. 1979 AHA Lincoln landau built by AHA Manufacturing of Mississauga, Ontario owned by Dr. Dennis Lloyd of Flushing, MI, earned the 2022 PCS International Meet’s Distance Award following an 845-mile drive to Sturbridge, MA. 1993 Eureka Buick Brougham landau hearse raffled by Parks Superior Sales benefit the PCS. Most of these “Buillacs” were built at CCE’s Norwalk, OH factory for funeral homes affiliated with SCI. The lucky winner of this 71,728-mile cream puff was Kent Dorsey of Bostic, N.C., who was also bonus-gifted an extremely rare Eureka hood ornament by Lebanon, TN PCS member Jeremy Ledford. highlight was the 70th Anniversary Open House & Car Show at Parks Superior Sales’ dealership in Somers, CT, where representatives from FederalEagle and the Kellerman Family of Coaches were on hand to discuss their 2022 offerings. Before Saturday evening’s awards banquet at the Publick House concluded in traditional PCS fashion with an awe-inspiring “light and sound show” by the ambulances’ beacons and sirens, the Sturbridge meet’s chief judge Daniel Herrick testified to the overall quality of this year’s show field by stressing only Professional Car Society Meets in Sturbridge Continued from Page A10 two cars scored below the 90 points needed for First Place honors under the Society’s baseline judging system (their 80-to-89-point scores were high enough to earn Second Place awards, below which there were no Third Place entrants this year). Though the venue for the 2023 PCS International Meet was unannounced by press time, the club’s official website at www.TheProfessionalCarSociety.org should have news on this in the coming weeks. Gregg D. Merksamer, PCS Publicity Chair, can be reached at 845986-6857 or merks62@warwick.net.
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