(Proto3000: Vaughan, ON, Canada) -- A patient had to undergo the surgical ablation of most of her nose, because of a skin cancer that had attacked her right nasal septum.

Following the surgery, a period of time was needed for a scar to form before a rhinoplasty could be considered. But during that time, the patient was at risk of the tissue sagging or of permanent deformation of the surrounding tissues—which might not be repairable by plastic surgery.

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