Category: rhinoplasty

Depressor Septi Muscle Surgery To Prevent Smiling Nose and Lip Deformities

The nose is often perceived as a static structure on the face. But this is really only true for the upper part of the nose which is solid fixed bone. The bottom third, or the tip, is unfixed cartilage that can be easily moved. One of the ways it can move is through muscle action. Read More…

Alar Base Reduction (Nostril Narrowing) In Rhinoplasty

Reduction of wide or flaring nostrils is often done as part of a rhinoplasty and occasionally as a stand alone nose reshaping procedure. When done as part of a rhinoplasty, it is always done as the last step in the procedure as nostril flare may appear less when nasal tip projection or rotation is increased. Read More…

Injectable Fillers for Rhinoplasty Contour Deformities

Rhinoplasty is a well known reshaping operation of the nose with a long history and a large number of techniques to accomplish these changes. Despite the many rhinoplasty techniques and a lot of experience in performing them, there is always the risk that some irregularity or asymmetry will develop after surgery. While many of these Read More…

The Evolution of the Natural Rhinoplasty

Rhinoplasty is among the most frequent plastic surgery operations of the face. Due to the prominent position of the nose, dramatic improvements in appearance can be accomplished by surgical nose jobs. Rhinoplasty has a long and distinguished history as a reconstructive procedure for more than two thousand years if Indian sources are taken as Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Roman Nose and Rhinoplasty

A Roman nose, also called a hook nose or aquiline nose, is one with a prominent bridge which gives it the appearance of being curved or slightly bent. The very word, aquiline, comes from the latin word aquilinus which means eagle-like in reference to the curved beak of an eagle. It is characterized by an Read More…

The Columellar Strut Graft in Rhinoplasty

Most rhinoplasty surgeries done today use an open approach. By degloving the nasal tip skin through a columellar skin incision, the exposure to see the underlying cartilage structure offers more consistent and controlleable structural changes. While most of the attention focuses on the incision located at the midportion of the columellar skin, the true tradeoffs Read More…

Nasal Lengthening in the Asian Nose

Rhinoplasty in the Asian nose is well know to be an augmentation operation, raising the bridge of the nose and increasing tip projection. Together these changes fundamentally increase nasal length which is measured as the distance from the nasion to the tip-defining point. Besides nasal length, other measurements used to define the short nose including Read More…

Revisional Rhinoplasty – Prevention and Operative Techniques

It is well acknowledged that rhinoplasty is one of the most challenging of all aesthetic plastic surgeries. This translates into a significant after surgery incidence of some level of aesthetic dissatisfaction and nasal airway compromise. Estimates vary but the risk of the need for revisional surgery after rhinoplasty is around 15%. Unfortunately secondary rhinoplasty Read More…

Case Study: The Injectable Rhinoplasty

Background: The use of injectable fillers has revolutionized the whole approach to facial rejuvenation, particularly for the early aging patient. It is no surprise that their ease of injection and immediate volumetric effects has led to their use for structural facial changes such as chin augmentation. Such use has even been extended to nose reshaping Read More…

Case Study: Rhinoplasty for the Ultra-Projecting Nose

Background: The nose has a large number of aesthetic deformities of which the vast number of them either are tip-based or the tip is a part of the overall problem. When a person has complaints about a nose that is too big, that could mean a variety of issues. The nasal tip could be just Read More…