An adjunctive technique to rhinoplasty of the aging nose.
This report presents a simple, valuable adjunct to rhinoplasty in the specific case of senile elastosis. This type of skin will not contract as in younger individuals, and tip ptosis is quite often a problem in the senile nose. Described is a semilunar skin excision of the nasal dorsum in a large nose undergoing primary or revisionary rhinoplasty. Correction of tip ptosis occurring many years after rhinoplasty or its prevention in large elderly noses undergoing rhinoplasty is presented.
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D012867:Skin / Q000503:physiopathology