Severe facial dermatitis as a late complication of aesthetic rhinoplasty; a case report

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Mohammad Hossain Rajabian1, Manoochehr Sodaify2, Shahin Aghaei2
1Department of Plastic Surgery Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
2Department of Dermatology Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Tóm tắt

Contact dermatitis, as a cutaneous complication after rhinoplasty, is of early onset, limited and transient. The cause of this dermatitis is irritant or allergic. Late onset skin complications are rare and non-inflammatory. We are reporting an unexpected, severe allergic contact dermatitis of the face, in a young female, appearing one month following aesthetic rhinoplasty. She failed to respond to ordinary treatments for dermatitis. We did standard battery – including nitrofurazone, tincture of benzoin and hydrocortisone – patch test for the patient that showed sensitivity to benzoin and corticosteroid. In summary we report a case of a severe allergic contact dermatitis of the face, in a 21-year-old girl who underwent corrective aesthetic rhinoplasty, appearing one month following surgical operation. We were unable to find a similar report in the medical literature.

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