Section of the depressor septi nasi muscle to lift the nasal tip

Abstract

Most of the muscles of the nose are elevators with only one antagonist, the depressor septi nasi muscle. In ag-ing over time the tip of the nose droops. In other indi-viduals, the nasolabial angle is much less that the 110° that is accepted as a nice angle. Sectioning the depressor septi nasi muscles will slightly lift the nose in most in-dividuals (Fig. 67.1). After sectioning, the levators will increase their pull and will improve the nasolabial angle by a few degrees [1-4]. © Springer-Verlag 2008.