Figure 7.

(A) A 75-year-old man with temporal basal cell carcinoma. (B) Final defect. (C) Design of a preauricular advancement flap with an infra-lobular Burow’s triangle. The most medial portion is prepared for an M-plasty to reduce the size of the scar and hide the incisions in the outer canthus and brow line. Flap lifted on the subcutaneous plane. (D,E) Immediate result after layered closure with 4/0 polyglactin and 6/0 silk. (F) Appearance after one week at suture removal, with most of the scars hidden within the natural folds.