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Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2005;7:98.

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In this issue of the ARCHIVES the 2 articles "A Simplified Approach to Alar Base Reduction: A Review of 124 Patients Over 20 Years" by Kridel and Castellano¹ and "The Long-term Effects of Alar Base Reduction" by Bennett and colleagues² are laudable in that they both explore the authors’ experience with a technique that has had a long, sometimes confusing, and oftentimes controversial history in rhinoplasty.

The article by Bennett et al² presents a genuine attempt to statistically analyze the effects of alar base reduction. The results are somewhat surprising because they do not show a statistical difference in the effect of alar base reduction on flare width in particular. One can intuitively rationalize that there may be little or no change in base width (between alar facial grooves) and base height (distance from the base to nasal tip). Although in the latter case, one would expect that this . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Peter A. Adamson, MD

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