Five-blade scratcher for treating severe rhinophyma: A retrospective study

Table 1 Patient characteristics

Patient	Sex	Age at presentation (years)	Duration of rhinophyma (years)
1	M	53	12
2	F	47	8
3	M	50	10
4	M	54	8
5	M	46	6
6	M	56	14
7	M	58	15
8	M	65	20
9	M	55	15
10	M	60	20
11	M	53	16
12	M	62	18
13	M	65	15
14	M	48	8
15	M	39	5
16	F	52	10
17	M	49	8
18	M	45	6
19	M	50	8
20	M	43	6
21	M	38	6
22	M	47	8
23	M	50	10
24	M	33	10
25	M	63	15
26	M	60	20
27	M	57	13
28	M	58	15

M: Male; F: Female.

Table 2 Rhinophyma Severity Index pre- and postoperatively

Patient	RHISI (before treatment)	RHISI (6 months after treatment)	RHISI (5 years after treatment)	RHISI improvement (6 months, %)	RHISI improvement (5 years, %)
1	6	0	1	100	83.33
2	3	0	0	100	100
3	4	0	0	100	100
4	4	0	1	100	75
5	3	0	0	100	100
6	4	0	0	100	100
7	6	0	0	100	100
8	6	1	2	83.33	66.67
9	4	0	0	100	100
10	6	0	2	100	66.67
11	4	0	0	100	100
12	6	1	2	83.33	66.67
13	6	0	0	100	100
14	4	0	1	100	75
15	6	0	0	100	100
16	3	0	0	100	100
17	4	0	0	100	100
18	3	0	0	100	100
19	4	0	0	100	100
20	3	0	1	100	66.67
21	4	0	0	100	100
22	4	0	0	100	100
23	6	0	0	100	100
24	6	0	1	100	83.33
25	6	0	0	100	100
26	6	0	1	100	83.33
27	6	1	2	83.33	66.67
28	6	0	0	100	100

RHISI: Rhinophyma Severity Index.

Table 3 Results of patient satisfaction survey

Question	6 months after treatment (%)	5 years after treatment (%)
Satisfaction
0–3	0 (0)	0 (0)
4–6	0 (0)	0 (0)
7–9	3 (0.11)	2 (0.07)
10	25 (0.89)	26 (0.93)
Effects maintained
Yes	26 (0.93)	24 (0.86)
Not sure	2 (0.07)	4 (0.14)
No	0 (0)	0 (0)
Self-impression
Excellent	25 (0.89)	25 (0.89)
Good	2 (0.07)	2 (0.07)
Sufficient	1 (0.04)	1 (0.04)
Disappointing	0 (0)	0 (0)
Back to social life
Too long	0 (0)	0 (0)
Long	0 (0)	0 (0)
Sufficient	4 (0.14)	4 (0.14)
Quick	19 (0.68)	19 (0.68)
Very quick	5 (0.18)	5 (0.18)
Recommend
Yes	28 (1)	28 (1)
Not sure	0 (0)	0 (0)
No	0 (0)	0 (0)

Table 4 Clinical manifestations of recurrent rhinophyma 5 years postoperatively

Type	Percentage (%)
Recurrence of rhinophyma	5/28 (18)
Improved postoperatively	5/5 (100)
Same before/postoperatively	0/5 (0)
Worse postoperatively	0/5 (0)