Category: rhinoplasty

The Effective of Nasal Base Muscle Resections for the Plunging Nasal Tip

The plunging nasal tip deformity is a dynamic aesthetic issue that occurs when smiling. The tip actively moves down when smiling due to the combined actions of the muscles around the nasal base. As a result transection of the septi nasi muscle is commonly recommended done its treatment. In the April 2018 issue of the Read More…

The Art of Rhinoplasty – Wall Hanging

Rhinoplasty is known to be a complex operation in which it is not easy to always get a completely predictable result. This is because there are a large number of anatomic components to the nose that interconnect and establishing harmony and proportions between them as they are changed by the trauma of surgical intervention can Read More…

Technical Strategies – Tissue Ingrowth into Solid Silicone Nasal Implants

For major nasal augmentations the options come to using a rib graft or an implant to achieve it. Each augmentation method has their own advantages and disadvantages and one isn’t necessarily better than the other. Each patient situation must be assessed on an individual basis in terms of amount of augmentation needed and the patient’s Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Female Finesse Rhinoplasty

Background: The shape of the nose has clear gender differences and preferences. Most of these are classically known and are also influenced by ethnicity, culture and age of the patient. By contemporary beauty trends that are highly influenced by social media, many young females today are seeing very small and refined noses. They will often Read More…

Preventing and Treating Soft Tissue Triangle Alar Rim Defects in Rhinoplasty with Cartilage Grafting

The tip of the nose is the most anatomically complex area manipulated in rhinoplasty and also one of the most visible. While it is the first area encountered in rhinoplasty surgery and often the last area of manipulation prior to closure, it is highly prone to irregularities. While they can be very subtle, if it Read More…

Keystone Area Concepts in Hump Reduction in Rhinoplasty

The bridge or dorsum of the nose is one of the most frequently manipulated areas in rhinoplasty. Removing a nasal hump is the primary reason and most patient’s interpret this as ‘shaving down the bone’. But in reality the area of a hump, also known as the keystone, has a more complex anatomy. It is Read More…

Predictable Tip Rotation in Rhinoplasty

The shape of the tip of the nose is one of the modifiable areas in rhinoplasty. With the visibility offered with an open technique, the tip cartilages can be resected, sutured and cartilage grafted to achieve a new tip shape. One of the most common requested tip changes is for increased rotation particularly amongst female Read More…

Management Strategies for the Thickness-Skinned Nose in Rhinoplasty

The thickness of the nasal skin has a well known important influence on the outcome of rhinoplasty. Such skin thickness can have either be a favorable or an unfavorable effect on the eventual shape of the nose. By far surgeons would much rather have thinner skin but there is no avoiding the thick-skinned rhinoplasty patient Read More…

5-FU Injections in Postoperative Rhinoplasty Management

Rhinoplasty surgery produces an expected amount of swelling and bruising based on the extent of the surgery. Like all facial surgeries the swelling and bruising is temporary and takes time go resolve. The swelling from rhinoplasty, however, is well known to be prolonged and is most manifest in the tip area. The tip swelling can Read More…

Rhinoplasty in the Older Patient

Rhinoplasty is usually perceived as being a young person’s facial surgery… and for the most part it is. The majority of elective nasal reshaping surgery is done on male and female patients between the ages of 18 to 35 years old. But on the further end of the spectrum is the ‘senior rhinoplasty’ patient. Probably Read More…