Editing Planning skin reconstruction (section)

=== Consider aims of reconstruction ===

#* Aesthetic
#** Contour
#*** Difficult to disguise later
#*** Matching contour is therefore more important than colour
#*** Expect distorted anatomical features to improve slightly with time, once the underlying muscle relaxes, especially with young people
#*** Often a larger flap that uses an entire cosmetic unit or subunit of the face will give a better result than a smaller flap that crosses units
#** Colour
#*** Local flaps are a good match
#*** Grafts have an unpredictable final colour when the blood supply adjusts
#** Texture
#** Symmetry
#** Match features - hair
#* Functional
#** Sometimes harder to achieve than aesthetics
#** Depends on normal contour, but also sensation and movement
#** Scars inhibit function - position it in the place that least inhibits free motion