Autologous Fat Transfer: An Aesthetic and Functional Refinement for Parotidectomy

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42 year-old woman 3 years after a superficial parotidectomy for a benign tumor of the parotid gland with immediate reconstruction by an autologous fat graft (13 mL). After that procedure, the result remained very good on the aesthetic point of view until a weight loss of 17 kg leading to a partial atrophy of the fat graft and to a clinical preauricular defect. There is no Frey’s syndrome as objectivated by a Minor’s starch-iodine test.