Augmentation rhinoplasty using a silicone implant is the most popular operation in Japan, but is not without several complications such as exposure of the implant and its deviation. We obtained good results in preventing these complications by a fixation at the hollow which is made by chiseling the frontal bone and by fibrous tissue which grows through the small holes of the implant tail.
Key words Augmentation - Rhinoplasty - Implant - Frontal bone chiseling
This paper was presented at the 36th Congress of the Japan Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Yokohama, Japan, May 16, 1987, and at the 9th Congress of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, New York, October 11–14, 1987