Background And Objective: The paramedian forehead flap is an excellent choice when repairing a large nasal defect. However, even when carefully thinned, the flap may develop a bulky appearance, an ill-fitting contour, or trap door deformity. When on the face, these suboptimal results can be quite distressing. Surgical and non-surgical options for improvement exist. Surgical options include additional debulking and reorientation of the flap. Non-surgical options include intralesional corticosteroids or 5-flourouracil, dermabrasion, and ablative and non-ablative laser resurfacing. Each option has limited benefit as well potential side effects.
Study Design/materials And Methods: Case report.
Results: In this report, we present dramatic improvement of a thickened paramedian forehead flap using the Fraxel Re:pair, a fractional carbon dioxide (CO(2) ) laser (Solta Medical, Inc. Hayward, CA).
Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the first case in the literature demonstrating successful reduction of a bulky flap using a fractional ablative laser.
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