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Rhinophyma: A thirty-five-year experience

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We have treated rhinophyma by a variety of methods during the past 35 years. We describe our current management, which has given the most satisfactory results and fewest problems.

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  1. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 27710, Durham, North Carolina

    Ronald Riefkohl M.D., Gregory S. Georgiade M.D., William J. Barwick M.D. & Nicholas G. Georgiade D.D.S., M.D.

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Riefkohl, R., Georgiade, G.S., Barwick, W.J. et al. Rhinophyma: A thirty-five-year experience. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 7, 131–134 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01571333

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