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Difference Between a Plumping Graft and a Columellar Strut Graft?

asked 10 months ago by Hopeful2011 in Mahal
Latest answer by Jay Burns, MD
Question viewed 196 times
Tags: comparison, graft, retraction

I wanted to know if they are both used to increase the nasolabial angle and treat columellar retraction?

2 answers to Difference Between a Plumping Graft and a Columellar Strut Graft?

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Columellar strut graft vs. Plumping to enhance columella lip angle

Both of these grafts are capable of changing the columella lip angle. In general the columella strut graft is placed to support the nasal tip. However the tip can be attached to the strut graft in different ways to rotate the tip upward or stabilize it in its original position. That is up to the surgeon and the patient. The surgeon can, in some cases, position the graft in such a way to lower the columella to help correct retraction of the columella. Plumping grafts, in general,... more
Jay Burns, MD

Dallas Plastic Surgeon
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Columellar Strut vs. Plumping Graft

Great question Hopeful! The purpose of the Columellar Strut is to support the nasal tip after rhinoplasty, to prevent it from drooping. The Plumping Graft, on the other hand, is meant to blunt or otherwise change the nasolabial angle (the angle formed between the columella and the upper lip). Plumping grafts are essentially camouflage where as columellar struts are structural. A columellar strut, if fashioned appropriately and sutured in appropriately, can increase... more
Andrew Winkler, MD

Lone Tree Facial Plastic Surgeon

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