Non-surgical rhinoplasty technique: An innovative approach for nasal reshaping with hyaluronic acid fillers

Abstract

Objective: Nonsurgical rhinoplasty has become increasingly popular among patients who want to improve the aesthetic aspects of their nose and do not accept the risks and/ or cost of surgical rhinoplasty. The main goal of the current paper was to present the preliminary aesthetic and clinical outcomes of an innovative injection technique for nose sculpturing with hyaluronic acid (HA) filler.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of a prospective clinical registry of patients who attended one of the study centers and were candidates for non-surgical nose reshaping between October 2019 and November 2020. A 25 mg/mL HA filler was administered, in all the cases, by using a syringe with a fixed microneedle (30G/8mm). All patients were injected at three key nose points with the following order: (1) Tip (maximum HA injected 0.2 mL); (2) columella (maximum HA injected 0.3 mL); and (3) Radix and Dorsum (maximum HA injected 0.3 mL). Degree of patient satisfaction with the treatment was assessed by using a five-points Likert scale. The primary endpoint was the degree of patients' satisfaction 12 months after treatment.

Results: One-hundred-and-one patients (91 women) were included in the study. Fifty-six (56%) patients underwent a unique treatment-session and 44 (44%) subjects needed an additional touch-up. Eighty-five (84.2%) patients were very satisfied with the treatment results. Six (5.9%) patients reported moderate adverse events, which were successfully controlled with medical therapy.

Conclusions: Our nose sculpturing technique, by using hyaluronic acid filler, was an effective, predictable, and relatively safe procedure, that obtained a high degree of patient satisfaction.

Keywords: hyaluronic acid; minimally invasive aesthetic procedures; rhinofiller; rhinoplasty.