Intraoral approach for nasal tip upturning.
BACKGROUND
The nose is an important landmark in facial beauty, and slight modifications lead to dramatic changes. The authors describe their surgical technique to upturn the tip of the nose with an intraoral approach sectioning the fibers of muscle depressor septi.


METHODS
There were 14 patients (5 male and 9 female patients) in this study. All patients complained of nasal tip ptosis. The surgical procedure was explained to the patients, and the informed consent was obtained; preoperative frontal and lateral photographs were taken. The same surgical procedure was performed in all patients.


RESULTS
No complications were observed. Tip upturning, with satisfaction of the patients, was observed in all cases and was confirmed comparing preoperative and 6-month postoperative photographs.


CONCLUSIONS
From the outcomes of this short case series, the surgical technique described to upturn the tip of the nose with an intraoral approach sectioning the fibers of muscle depressor septi and with the skeletization of the premaxilla is an easy, safe, and inexpensive technique that can be easily performed at the office.
Centro Polispecialistico Santa Apollonia, S Maria CV, Pisa, Italy. raffaelerauso@virgilio.it
Raffaele
R
Rauso
Roberto
R
Amore
Gianpaolo
G
Tartaro
Giulio
G
Gherardini
D000328:Adult; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009055:Mouth / Q000601:surgery*; D009407:Nerve Block; D010781:Photography; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome