title: Difficult revision case: Foreshortened nose and severe alar retraction, two prior rhinoplasty surgeries.
abstract: This article reviews the case of a patient who had undergone two previous rhinoplasties and presented with a foreshortened nose and severe left alar retraction. She underwent excision of a skin lesion just above the left alar groove resulting in severe alar retraction.
authors.affiliation: Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ear & Eye Infirmary, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1855 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. dtoriumi@uic.edu
authors.forename: Dean M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Toriumi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009667:Nose Deformities, Acquired / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*