Category: plastic surgery case study | rhinoplasty

Background: The shape of the nasal tip is primarily affected by its anatomic composition. The size, thickness and length of the lower alar cartilages create the major shape of the lower third of the nose. Combined with the thickness of the nasal skin over these cartilages the shape of the nasal tip is defined. The Read More…

Background: Rhinoplasty is a procedure that often requires some form of augmentation or structural supplement. Some surgeons perform this part of rhinoplasty using only autogenous materials such as cartilage grafts while other feel comfortable using synthetic implants. There is is no right or wrong in the debate between autologous vs implant augmentation in rhinoplasty although Read More…

Background: The wide variety of nose shapes that exist around the world have been attempted to be classified by multiple approaches. One type of nasal shape classification,  known as leptorrhine, mesorrhine and platyrrhine, are based on the nasal indices. The nasal index is the ratio of the widest part of the nose to its length Read More…

Background: Rhinoplasty encompasses a wide variety of bone and cartilage reshaping techniques to change the external appearance of the nose. Bone and cartilage can be reduced in size or reshaped from its present form. In addition, a variety of autologous, allogeneic or synthetic grafts can be added to create nasal augmentative changes. But the one Read More…

Background: Rhinoplasty can achieve many different types of nasal changes. The classic requested changes would be reduction of a prominent hump or bump and making the tip smaller, more refined and usually shorter. Straightening of a crooked nose is also a common request and is done as part of any other nasal shape change. These Read More…

Background: One of the main features of the nose is the dorsal line or the nasal dorsum. It is more commonly called the “bridge” of the nose as it connects the forehead to the tip of the protruding nasal tip. It is made up of bone (upper half or upper third) and cartilage. (upper lateral Read More…

Background: People consider and undergo rhinoplasty for a variety of nasal shape reasons. But a hump on the bridge of the nose is the number one reason people seek to change the shape of their nose. Whether by intuition or cultural/beauty standards, there is a general desire to have a straight dorsal line of the Read More…

Background: The nasal hump is probably the most common request for change in a rhinoplasty. By history rhinoplasty has its origins largely for reduction of large nasal humps. While once done in isolation, hump reduction in rhinoplasty today is usually just one part of a series of technical maneuvers that changes the overall nasal shape Read More…