Traditional facelift surgery does not behave well in the correction of nasolabial folds, which is a common clinical problem and needed to be improved. To investigate the effect of free dermal fat grafting during facelift surgery for the treatment of nasolabial folds. This prospective cohort study involved 80 patients with moderate to severe nasolabial folds and facial skin dermatolysis. 50 of them underwent facelift surgery combined with free dermal fat grafting and 30 of them underwent traditional facelift surgery. These patients were followed up 2-month, 6-month and 1-year after the surgery to evaluate the effect. The difference in the WSRS scores assessed at each follow-up between the patients who underwent or did not undergo the free dermal fat grafting in the facelift surgery was statistically significant. For patients who underwent the free dermal fat grafting in the facelift surgery, the WSRS scores assessed at 2-month, 6-month, and 1-year after the surgery were significantly different from those before the surgery. The analytic result of FACE-Q indicated a high level of overall satisfaction rate. No major complications were recorded. The use of free dermal fat as a filler for nasolabial folds can achieve excellent therapeutic effect. The combination of facelift surgery with free dermal fat grafting for the treatment of nasolabial folds can provide fabulous long-term results and high patient satisfaction rate for patients with symptoms of facial aging such as facial dermatolysis, obvious wrinkles, and deep nasolabial folds.

Postblepharoplasty ectropion is a very complex problem to deal with because its relevance is far to be only a functional complaint. Therefore, the best surgical approach requires both aesthetic and functional consideration. Here, we introduce the absorbable suture anchor technique, which can meet both needs, and its surgical procedure is simple and effective and has excellent stability for long-term results. This series included only ectropion patients caused by lower eyelid blepharoplasty, with or without receiving revision surgery. Forty-seven cases (64 eyes) were treated by a single surgeon through this method. Forty-six patients (97.9%) displayed adequate correction of the eyelid ectropion and a marked degree of improvement both in aesthetic terms and with regard to the functional disorders reported. One patient (2.1%) presented complications but brought under control after drainage and dressing change. His previous symptoms were also largely relieved. Absorbable suture anchor technique is an effective, minimally invasive, and safe method to correct postblepharoplasty ectropion. Objective: In this study, we describe an absorbable suture anchor technique and its outcomes in the repair of ectropion caused by lower eyelid blepharoplasty. Methods: From December 2017 to January 2021, 47 patients (64 eyes) with lower eyelid ectropion were treated with this technique (mean age, 43 years; age range, 27–61 years). This series included only patients with ectropion caused by lower eyelid blepharoplasty, with or without revision surgery. Patients were assessed with the Ectropion Grading Scale and distraction test preoperatively. All patients first underwent the release of middle lamellar adhesions and scar tissue, and then, the absorbable suture anchor technique was used to suspend the lower eyelid; 9 patients also underwent eyelid wedge excision because of severe lower eyelid laxity. Results: The success rate was 100% for grade I–III and V ectropion and 95% for grade IV. The overall success rate was 98%. In terms of correction iterations, the success rate 100% for patients undergoing their first reconstructive surgery and 90% for patients who had 1 or more reconstructive surgeries. Surgical success was defined in terms of the Ectropion Grading Scale and clinical examination. One patient (1 eye) developed a lower eyelid tissue infection that was controlled with drainage and dressing changes; his previous symptoms were largely relieved. Conclusions: The absorbable suture anchor technique is an effective, minimally invasive, and safe method for correcting postblepharoplasty lower eyelid ectropion.

Three-dimensional (3D) printing and tissue engineering offer patient-specific strategies for auricular reconstruction, but bibliometric structure alone cannot establish technical maturity or clinical value. We combined bibliometric mapping of English-language Articles and Reviews in the Web of Science Core Collection (2014–2025) with a translational evidence map. The locked corpus comprised 169 publications (143 Articles and 26 Reviews) and 4291 citations at the 12 June 2026 snapshot. Annual output, countries, institutions, authors, journals, highly cited records, author-keyword co-occurrence, and temporal terminology were analyzed. Citation-age sensitivity used citations per publication-year (CPY), year-normalized scores, and within-year percentiles. Record-level coding evaluated technical routes, materials, cell systems, construct scale, evidence stage, scientific endpoints, reporting completeness, and barriers. Among Articles, 40 (28.0%) were in vitro only, 41 (28.7%) reached small-animal testing, four (2.8%) reached large-animal testing, and nine (6.3%) reported human evidence; only one was comparative clinical research. Chondrogenesis or extracellular-matrix outcomes were reported in 84 Articles (58.7%), whereas vascularization, clinical/aesthetic outcomes, and long-term safety/adverse events were each reported in ≤6.3%. The field is expanding internationally but remains predominantly preclinical; progress requires standardized reporting, native-cartilage comparators, long-term shape and safety assessment, and larger-animal and comparative clinical validation.