Venue: Ryukyu Hotel & Resort Shikijoe Beach (Okinawa) 2026/11/5–6
Attending physician: Tetsu Sou
Session: Symposium 5 "Mastering Champloo: Aesthetic Surgery of the Nose and Upper Lip"
At Symposium 5 of the 49th General Meeting of the Japanese Society of Aesthetic Surgeons (JSAPS), Dr. Tetsu Sou presented as the first speaker. This was a session on the theme of aesthetic surgery of the nose and upper lip (philtrum), where techniques and approaches including nasal augmentation, alar reduction, and philtrum shortening were presented.
Dr. Tetsu Sou's presentation was titled "Evolution of Autologous Tissue Nasal Augmentation and Our Clinical Practice — Composite Transplant Protocol Using Ultra-Fine Crushed Costal Cartilage, PRP, and Costal Perichondrium." The presentation reported our clinic's practice of a method in which autologous costal cartilage from the patient is finely crushed (UDC) and transplanted after being solidified with fibrin gel or fibrin glue made from PRP (platelet-rich plasma), without use of artificial materials (co-presenter: Hiromitsu Nakamura).
In the presentation, "Customized" was defined as selecting four elements — cartilage fineness, solidifying material, sculpting method, and coverage — for each nose and each stage. The presentation introduced selection approaches tailored to location and desired smoothness.
November 6 (Friday), 8:50–10:20 a.m., Hall 2 (Grandballroom C)
Additionally, the digital poster "Patient-Reported Outcomes in Cosmetic Nasal Surgery — Integration of Multiple Scale Meta-Analysis and J-SCHNOS Prospective Cohort" (Epos-087) was also presented.