Abstract
Rhinophyma is a disfiguring soft-tissue hypertrophy of the nose. It is an uncommon disease that primarily affects Caucasian men in the fifth to seventh decades of life. Nine cases from the authors' series and a comparison of results following various treatment modalities are presented. Eight of the patients were Caucasian and one was African American. Excision of the diseased tissue with a scalpel or Goulian dermatome using loupe magnification provided the safest means of preserving the underlying sebaceous gland fundi that permit spontaneous re-epithelialization with the least scarring.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1115-1123 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Plastic and reconstructive surgery |
Volume | 107 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 15 2001 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery