Background and objective.

Plastic surgeons who perform rhinoplasty face with patients with different characteristics depending on their ethnicity. Among the strategies implemented for these patients, the use of isotretinoin has been described for the management of thick skin. Currently, there are multiple gaps in the literature regarding the benefit and associated complications of this type of treatment in rhinoplasty

The objective of this study is to review the evidence available in the literature on the benefits and risks derived from the use of isotretinoin and rhinoplasty.

Methods.

A scoping review of the literature was developed on data base: PubMed Central (PMC), Cochrane, Sciencie Direct, Taylor and Francis Databases using Mesh terms “Rhinoplsaty AND Isotretinoin”. The articles were evaluated and classified to identify the available evidence in English and Spanish.

Results

A review of 2621 articles published on different databases between January 2005 and June 2022 was performed, and 13 articles met the criteria established by the researchers for their analysis: 5 case reports, 2 narrative reviews, 2 controlled trials, 1 expert consensus, 1 case and control, 1 multicenter study, and 1 systematic review of the literature.

Conclusions.

Isotretinoin is a safe drug in concomitant use with facial procedures such as rhinoplasty and generates favorable aesthetic results in patients with a thick-skinned nose in the first 6 postoperative months. However, its use must be analyzed individually in every case since it can produce adverse effects such as dry skin and excessive thinning of the nasal skin.

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