A surgical approach for earlobe keloid: keloid fillet flap.

Earlobe keloid can form after cosmetic ear piercing, trauma, or burns, and it poses several difficulties in treatment and distinctive cosmetic implications. Treatment methods for earlobe keloids include both surgical and nonsurgical methods. After excision of the earlobe keloid, healing by secondary intention, primary suture, skin graft, or local flap has revealed some disadvantages.

Correction of inverted nipple: an alternative method using two triangular areolar dermal flaps.

Inverted nipple, which is defined as a nipple located on a plane lower than the areola, presents both functional and cosmetic problems. It is a source of repeated irritation and inflammation, and interferes with nursing. In addition, its abnormal appearance may cause psychological distress.

Resurfacing of a totally degloved hand using thin perforator-based cutaneous free flaps.

Resurfacing after a total degloving injury to the hand is one of the most difficult management problems in hand surgery. Although there are many methods of managing this type of injury that preserve functions and lessen deformities, none provides a satisfactory solution to this problem. The authors resurfaced a totally degloved hand using extremely thin and broad perforator-based cutaneous free flaps, and the donor defects were covered with split-thickness skin grafts.

Eyebrow island flap for reconstruction of a partial eyebrow defect.

A diverse variety of methods for reconstructing eyebrow defects has been described previously, and each procedure has inherent advantages and disadvantages. The authors present a case of reconstruction of a partial eyebrow defect using two eyebrow island flaps, which are modifications of the subcutaneous pedicle flap.