caa a22 4500 386347042 CHVBK 20180307111815.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198912 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022215100111338 doi S0022215100111338 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022215100111338 External rhinoplasty in the tropics [Elektronische Daten] The thick oily and pigmented skin present in majority of tropical patients makes rhinoplasty challenging surgery. Rhinoplasty by the external approach though gaining increasing acceptance all over the world is yet to gain popularity in this country. Hypertrophied scars are not uncommon in coloured skin and the reluctance to give an external incision for a cosmetic procedure is natural. We started the external rhinoplasty approach with some reservations, however in a series of over seventy cases, no significant problem has been encountered, with the columellar scar. Accurate approximation of the columellar wound is probably a more important factor in wound healing than the skin colour. Our experience of external rhinoplasty is presented. Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989 Baser Brajendra Bombay, India Hiranandani Navin Bombay, India Grewal D. S. Bombay, India The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 103/12(1989-12), 1198-1201 0022-2151 103:12<1198 1989 103 JLO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100111338 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100111338 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Baser Brajendra Bombay, India NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hiranandani Navin Bombay, India NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Grewal D. S. Bombay, India NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 103/12(1989-12), 1198-1201 0022-2151 103:12<1198 1989 103 JLO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge