Still working with the
scissors, I continue to separate the skin from the tip cartilages, which are also called the
"lower lateral cartilages." The patient's left
lower lateral cartilage is colored blue in the diagram. Pink shading
indicated the undersurface of the skin that was covering the cartilages of the
tip of the nose.
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We have succeeded in
releasing the skin from the tip of the nose. The left and right lower lateral
cartilages are easily visible as the double hook holds the skin of the tip of
the nose away so we can see better. The right lower lateral cartilage is
colored pink and the left lower lateral cartilage is colored blue. The
trans-columellar incision is white.