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Symposium on Aesthetic Surgery of the Nose, Ears, and Chin
Abstract
"The nose is man's most paradoxical organ. It has its root above, its back in front, its wings below, and one likes best of all to poke it into places where it does not belong" (Dieffenbach). Improving on this paradoxical organ by surgical means has been one of man's endeavors since 200 BC, when the Sushruta Samhita described reconstruction of an amputated nose with a forehead flap. This volume starts with Samhita and Dieffenbach, and then brings the reader up to date with superbly illustrated and mercilessly edited chapters on most of the important phases of aesthetic rhinoplasty, as well as aesthetic procedures of the ears and chin.
Through the analysis of 300 cases of prominent ears operated by Pitanguy's technique with a follow-up of 1-15 years we observed the preservation of the aesthetic aspect as well as the cephaloauricular angle. We call attention to its easy performance and almost no incidence of early or late complications.
A number of facial altering surgical procedures have been presented. Several areas are important to note. Most of these procedures were devised by practitioners lost to antiquity and individuals in a plethora of different fields, including orthopedics, dermatology, oral surgery, plastic surgery, and otolaryngology. Just as in the other specialties that perform these procedures, not all surgeons of the specialties perform the entire scope of their specialty. However, dentistry now has the capability to change the jaws, soft tissue drape of the face, neck, nose, and eyes, as well as smile lines and the shape and color of the dentition. No other profession in the history of human-kind has ever had this potential to make such facial changes.
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