Eli5: Why are cleft lip surgeries less visible today than 30 years ago?

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Kids who have had surgery for cleft lip/palate seem to have less visible scars than those done a generation ago.
How exactly have surgery methods improved?

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I love this question, so interesting. My son learned to crawl in these arm restraints that were meant from keeping him from playing with his lip after surgery. He also frustrated the speech therapist who was trying to get him to say his “TR” sounds…picture of a train? Locomotive. Picture of a truck? Backhoe. I finally just asked her to tell him the word she wanted him to say.

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