Rhinoplasty (Nasal Surgery)
(Results May Vary)

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Being centrally located, the nose should blend harmoniously with the other facial features and not draw attention to itself. To this end, people seeking a rhinoplasty do so for several reasons. They may feel that it is too large or too small for their face, crooked, misshapen or, perhaps, fine except for just one minimal “problem” (bump, depression, angulation, ,etc.). Furthermore, with aging and gravity, the cartilages in the tip start drooping and produce an apparent lengthening of the nose with a slight hump. Finally, some people have breathing difficulties, headaches or sinus problems due to deformities within the nose. Many times these internal deformities will express themselves externally as well, as with a very deviated septum.

The operation consists of removing excess bone or cartilage and then rearranging and reshaping the remaining nasal structures. In all but a very few cases, the incisions are made entirely within the nose. Generally, bone and cartilage over the upper two-thirds of the nose is reduced in height and is also narrowed. Occasionally, augmentation rather than reduction is necessary if too much has been removed from some prior surgery or if it has been depressed from previous trauma. Augmentation is also used many times for the “Westernization” of certain Asian noses. Finally, the tip cartilages are made more delicate and aesthetic by means of selective resection, rotation and reshaping.