Category: rhinoplasty

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

The projection of the tip of the nose is an important element in rhinoplasty. This becomes of almost primary importance in noses that have inadequate tip projection due to congenital development such as in Asian and African-American noses. Numerous techniques have been used to increase tip projection based on the nasal tripod concept with the Read More…