However, it is possible to have such redness develop weeks or months after the injections are made. In such cases it is not due to the primary pressure of the injection, but to that of the newly developed tissue which has taken its place, but which is slightly overdeveloped for the same unaccountable reason already referred to. Almost every surgeon who has used this method of restoring the contour of parts of the face has observed redness, more or less permanent, follow the method used, but in most cases liquid paraffin of high melting points had been forced into the tissues at great pressure. In one case, that of a southern operator, the entire tip of the nose had become injected by primary diffusion or direct filling. It became inflamed immediately after, and some weeks later, when the swelling had subsided, the lobule was found to be very hard, tense, and extremely red. Two years after the author saw this case, and the tip of the nose still appeared like a red cherry with numerous capillaries showing over its area, while the rest of the nose, although much broadened by secondary displacement of the paraffin, was natural in color. This proves that as the pressure was relieved by absorption and displacement, the tissue took on a normal appearance, whereas in the lobule of the nose, where there was no relief from the pressure, nature could do nothing to relieve the inevitable result. In cases where the redness is suspected it may not be too late, a day or two after the injection, to remold the mass into such form as to relieve the acute tension. If the redness develops early, cold applications of an antiseptic nature or ice cloths can be used to advantage. Antiphlogistin or other similar preparations applied externally give good results. Later ichthyol, twenty-five-per-cent solution, may be applied; acetate of alumen in saturated solution seems to do well. Some operators apply hydrogen peroxid, but it gives only temporary benefit. When the capillaries have become distended and the redness is practically chronic the vessels should be destroyed with a fine electric needle, using about 20 milliampères—direct current. Sometimes when the redness is acute and seems to persist depletion of the part does some good. This is done by nicking the skin here and there with a fine bistoury and allowing the part to bleed freely. Care should be taken not to puncture the skin too deeply, so as not to allow the injected mass to escape. In some cases it is allowable to open the filled cavity early and remove enough of the filling to overcome the difficulty, injecting later, after the filling has become organized, to make up the deficiency. When the redness is secondary—that is, when it develops after the connective tissue has replaced the paraffin—it is best to open up the part and excise enough of the tissue to overcome the pressure.