[Alternative therapy option for plastic-aesthetic treatment of defects after resection in the upper third of the facial region in the sense of subtotal scalping instead of local flap plastics].

In the presented case, the resulting defect size after resection of a dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans exceeded the treatment capability with local flaps in the region of the exposed facial skin. Through the use of conventional wound healing in combination with a meshed split-thickness skin graft, plastic aesthetic soft tissue treatment with an aesthetically satisfactory result was possible.