Gregor M Bran is a senior staff member within the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery at Dr Horst-Schmidt-Kliniken, Wiesbaden, Germany. As an exclusive scholarship holder of the EAFPS, he completed his fellowship in the Netherlands and the USA. Dr Bran founded and runs the Center for Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Head and Neck Surgery in his hospital. He has specialist interest in the fields of rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty and anti-aging procedures. His scientific work focuses on wound healing, and evaluation of facial attractiveness. He has published in international journals and presents regularly at international conferences.
JOURNALS REVIEWED: Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America and JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery – Oct 2014 (ongoing)
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Management of the thick skinned nose
The authors briefly present a surgical pearl that helps addressing the overly thick nasal skin envelope in cosmetic rhinoplasty. In order to optimise cosmetic results in thick-skinned noses, contour enhancement is best achieved by elongating and projecting the skeletal framework...
Skin grafts vs local flaps in reconstruction of nasal defects
Nasal defects commonly are a result of removal of skin lesions. Cosmetic outcomes of local flap reconstructions are commonly accepted to be superior in comparison to skin grafts. However, local flap reconstructions require more adjunctive procedures than single-stage operations based...
Body dysmorphic disorder in a facial plastic and reconstructive surgery clinic
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is under recognised and under detected among patients undergoing facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. Patients with BDD require psychiatric care not cosmetic surgery. In order to protect patients and surgeons, sound screening for BDD preoperatively should...
