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Application of External Nasal Skin Stretching in Asian Rhinoplasty.

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ABSTRACT Asian nasal characteristics include a low dorsum, short nose, and thick skin envelope, usually requiring lengthening and elevating the nose during rhinoplasty (Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am 2007;15(3):293-307,… Click to show full abstract

ABSTRACT Asian nasal characteristics include a low dorsum, short nose, and thick skin envelope, usually requiring lengthening and elevating the nose during rhinoplasty (Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am 2007;15(3):293-307, v). The increase in rhinoplasty popularity has resulted in a greater prevalence of complications. In a severely short and contracted nose, an extensively scarred or contracted soft tissue envelope results in weak laxity and extensibility of the nasal skin. For these patients, the essential component of rhinoplasty is to improve skin texture and obtain a sufficient nasal skin soft tissue envelope. Tissue expanders have previously been utilized to expand nasal skin and soft tissue (Plast Reconstr Surg 2006;118(6):1447-1452; Facial Plast Surg 2019;35(1):68-72). However, nasal anatomical characteristics have limited the clinical application of tissue expanders. This article introduces a simple, noninvasive, and easily adopted method of external nasal skin stretching, which was first proposed by the senior author. This approach has been accepted by rhinoplasty surgeons in China and widely used in clinic. The approach can improve skin laxity, yield extra nasal soft tissue, and create adequate soft tissue coverage of the reconstructed nasal framework to reduce the difficulty of surgery with a reliable clinical effect.

Keywords: nasal skin; external nasal; soft tissue; tissue

Journal Title: Annals of plastic surgery
Year Published: 2023

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