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Microlipoinjection for the elevation of depressed full-thickness skin grafts on the nose
1Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Background:
Full-thickness skin grafts on the dorsum of the nose may heal depressed and might benefit from elevation. Microlipoinjection has been used to elevate depressed tissue; however, the long-term persistence of the augmentation is questioned.
Objective:
To determine whether microlipoinjection beneath depressed full-thickness grafts on the dorsum of the nose can provide effective and persistent graft elevation.
Methods:
Microlipoinjection was performed at one to three sessions under depressed full-thickness skin grafts on the nose of four patients. Their appearance was assessed clinically and photographically for the amount of correction at their last postmicrolipoinjection visit.
Results:
All four patients had clinically significant elevation of their full-thickness skin graft. In the two patients followed for over 3 years, significant augmentation persisted.
Conclusion:
Microlipoinjection can provide cosmetically useful soft tissue augmentation under depressed full-thickness skin grafts; this augmentation can persist.
