Abstract

Rhinophyma is a disease going with subcutaneous tissue thickening of the nose, including sebaceous gland hypertrophy and fibrosis. Progressive enlargement and irregular thickening of the nasal skin is characteristic of the disease. Surgical excision is commonly used treatment method. In the present case, nasal dorsal and alar defect after treated with totally excision and full-thickness skin graft of rhinophyma mass were repaired by using supratrochlear artery based myofascial forehead flap with a little skin island.