<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Nowadays, minimally invasive and non-invasive approaches in aesthetic medicine are increasingly popular and non-surgical rhinoplasty is one of the procedures with rising demand worldwide. In Bulgaria, this procedure seems to be uncommonly performed, since there are no reports in the local scientific literature. The aim of this preliminary study was to briefly explore the possibilities of hyaluronic acid (HA) fillers for correcting three of the most common nasal deformities – dorsal hump, under-projected and under-rotated nasal tip in primary cases. In order to accomplish this objective, a retrospective clinical study was conducted encompassing 11 cases of the authors’ practices with the above mentioned nasal irregularities and no previous surgical/non-surgical treatment. The analysis of patient-reported outcomes suggested a high satisfaction rate, with no major complication in the series. The HA filler has shown to be safe, relatively easily applicable and highly effective for camouflaging nasal deformities. A special emphasis was put on the patient safety and ten golden rules for staying out of trouble were given.</p></abstract>

Nowadays, minimally invasive and non-invasive approaches in aesthetic medicine are increasingly popular and non-surgical rhinoplasty is one of the procedures with rising demand worldwide. In Bulgaria, this procedure seems to be uncommonly performed, since there are no reports in the local scientific literature. The aim of this preliminary study was to briefly explore the possibilities of hyaluronic acid (HA) fillers for correcting three of the most common nasal deformities – dorsal hump, under-projected and under-rotated nasal tip in primary cases. In order to accomplish this objective, a retrospective clinical study was conducted encompassing 11 cases of the authors’ practices with the above mentioned nasal irregularities and no previous surgical/non-surgical treatment. The analysis of patient-reported outcomes suggested a high satisfaction rate, with no major complication in the series. The HA filler has shown to be safe, relatively easily applicable and highly effective for camouflaging nasal deformities. A special emphasis was put on the patient safety and ten golden rules for staying out of trouble were given.

Non-Surgical Correction of Nasal Dorsum and Tip in Primary Cases

Acta Medica Bulgarica

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Nowadays, minimally invasive and non-invasive approaches in aesthetic medicine are increasingly popular and non-surgical rhinoplasty is one of the procedures...

Non-Surgical Correction of Nasal Dorsum and Tip in Primary Cases

Publicado en línea: 31 may 2019

Páginas: 47 - 50

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amb-2019-0018

Palabras clave
hyaluronic acid filler, rhinoplasty, non-surgical treatment, patient safety

© 2019 Y. P. Yordanov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Non-Surgical Correction of Nasal Dorsum and Tip in Primary Cases

Publicado en línea: 31 may 2019

Páginas: 47 - 50

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amb-2019-0018

Palabras clavehyaluronic acid filler, rhinoplasty, non-surgical treatment, patient safety

© 2019 Y. P. Yordanov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
hyaluronic acid filler, rhinoplasty, non-surgical treatment, patient safety