Nose jobs do not necessarily need to involve a scalpel
and cuts, especially for minor nose refinements. At the “Plastic Surgery 2012”
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting in New Orleans,
Louisiana, Dr. Onur Erol from Turkey described his technique of using
injections of diced cartilage from the septum (cartilage that separates the
left and right airways in the nose) to fill small and large pockets and contour
irregularities under the nasal skin. The method simulates the carved rib
cartilage that is traditionally used for this purpose.
According to Dr. Erol, these injections take only few
minutes and the amount of injected cartilage graft is predictable, since it
consists purely of cartilage. For purposes of injection he designed specific
thin and thick stainless steel cartilage syringes. He fills the syringe with
diced cartilage and then injects it into a prepared pocket in the external
ridge of the nose, the nasal skin separating the nostrils, or tip of the nose. He
reported excellent results in 621 patients who have been followed for 1 to 5
years. According to him, the take of cartilage graft was complete, and the
smooth surface that was obtained gave the patients a natural look.
In the past several years, there has also been a trend for using hyaluronic acid-based injectables such as Juvéderm or Restylane for nonsurgical correction of minor nasal deformities. Smaller nasal irregularities and pockets can be build up and masked with these fillers. Unfortunately, results are not permanent but may last 9 months to a year.
SOURCE: Novel Techniques May
Improve Nose Shaping. Medscape. Oct 31, 2012.
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