Abstract

:Objective To evaluatethe role of autologous septal cartilage in nasal tip augmentation.Methods Under localanesthesia,nasal tip was exposed using abird-wingincision.The hypertrophictissue at the nasal tip was removed.Nasal septal cartilage(2 cm × 1 cm)was harvested.Thecartilage was used to augment the nasal tip and nasal alar cartilage.Meanwhile,thecartilage was inserted between the nasal alar cartilages to elevate the nasal tip.ResultsAmong 15 cases,13 were followed after operation.The shape of nasal tip improved atdifferent level.The results were satisfying.Conclusion Compared with other materials,theautologous septal cartilage is an ideal material for nasal tip augmentation withoutrejection effect.

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