Dermabrasion and staged excision of facial lesions in a neurofibromatosis case for improvement of facial appearance.

BACKGROUND

Neurofibromatosis may present with different skin lesions. Disfiguring lesions on the face might be challenging for the surgeon or clinician to correct and may have adverse effects on patients' social lives, especially in young women.

OBJECTIVE

To present the dermabrasion technique combined with serial excisions of a deeper accompanying lesion to treat superficial facial lesions in a young neurofibromatosis patient.

METHODS

Dermabrasion was applied to superficial lesions on the face, and staged excision was applied to the deeper lesion located on the forehead.

RESULTS

We obtained high patient satisfaction with the result. The deep lesion was excised totally, and superficial lesions were decreased with dermabrasion.

CONCLUSION

Dermabrasion may become a good alternative in cases of neurofibromatosis with superficial facial lesions.