Reconstruction of the Tip of the Nose and Ala by Load Cycling of the Nasal Skin and Harnessing of Extra Skin

Abstract

Reconstruction for loss of the nasal tip, adjoining columella, and left ala was largely accomplished by means of load cycling of the skin of the nose. The harnessing of the skin's viscoelastic properties can yield a fairly significant amount of extra skin, thus enabling a rather complicated problem to be dealt with by a relatively simple maneuver.