title: Paramedian forehead flap thinning using a flexible razor blade.
abstract: Paramedian forehead flaps are sometimes required to resurface large or deep nasal defects. The flap often needs to be thinned to match the contour of the surrounding skin at the recipient site. We describe a technique to thin the distal potion of the paramedian forehead flap using a flexible razor blade, the Dermablade. Once familiar with it, this same technique may be applied to thin other interpolation flaps.
authors.affiliation: Procedural Dermatology Fellow, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Sacramento, California.
authors.forename: Hilda
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Justiniano
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: Daniel B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Eisen
mesh_terms: D005546:Forehead; D006801:Humans; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps