“…1,5,7 For this reason, many authors advocate skin excision and the use of local flaps to cover the resulting defect. 2,6,12,13 Many flaps have been described to provide this skin coverage, including some bilobed flaps with different designs. 14,15 In 1918, Esser reported a selfclosing bilobed flap for nasal tip skin injuries, later modified and popularized by Zimany.…”