Refinement of Rhinoplasty with Lipoinjection

摘要

The most common aesthetic defects after rhinoplasty are small dorsal irregularities observed mainly in patients with thin dorsal nasal skin. Many techniques have been used in attempts to prevent perceptible irregularities and sharp edges of bone and cartilage in these patients. Adipose tissue transplantation has been used widely in aesthetic surgery as a surgical method to correct surface depression or to augment soft tissue. Recently, this tissue has been considered a potential source of stem cells with regenerative capacity and other benefits. The authors present a simple procedure using lipoinjection of microfat grafts over the osseocartilaginous framework of the nasal dorsum as a routine technique in rhinoplasty.