Abstract
Lifting of the nasal tip is usually performed surgically after trimming or resecting portions of the medial nasal cartilages via cutting the depressor septi muscle and with the use of polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex) threads or patches or solid silicone implants, with the use of liquid silicone or other fillers, and non-surgically using Botox for paralyzing the depressor septi muscle. The authors discuss a simple technique of lifting the nasal tip under local anesthesia using Prolene 3/0 suture.
Reprinted with permission from Khawaja HA, Shiffman MA: Suture nasal lift. In Khawaja HA, Shiffman MA: Simplified Cosmetic Surgery: Art, Science and Practice, Lahore, Pakistan, Hassan Abbas Khawaja 2010:417–427.
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I (the author HAK) am grateful to my daughter Zahra Hassan for having contributed the computer-generated diagrams for this chapter.
Specific thanks to Seung Jung, Son (Gemma), B.A., for the magnificent illustrations.
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Khawaja, H.A., Shiffman, M.A. (2013). Suture Nasal Tip Lift. In: Shiffman, M., Di Giuseppe, A. (eds) Advanced Aesthetic Rhinoplasty. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28053-5_58
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