Category: plastic surgery case study | rhinoplasty

Case Study: Rhinoplasty for the Bigger Older Nose

Background: There are a wide variety of reasons why people seek out a primary or initial rhinoplasty. Since patients don’t usually know the names of the nasal anatomy or the terminology of the rhinoplasty surgeon, they have to describe their concerns in layman’s terms. Concerns such as a ‘big hump’, ‘fat tip’, or ‘bulbous nose’ Read More…

Case Study: Rhinoplasty for the Broad Tip

Background: Aesthetic nasal concerns present in a wide variety of deformities throughout the length of the nose. One of the more common basic nasal concerns is the wide or broad nasal tip. Some patients call it a fat tip or a bulbous tip. While all of these names seem synonymous there are actually a wide Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Rhinoplasty in Iran

While large numbers of cosmetic procedures are performed in the United States, including invasive surgeries, there are some smaller countries that have an unlikely number as well. The Islamic Republic of Iran is known for many things including being the world’s oldest civilization, having large amounts of natural gas and petroleum reserves and being Read More…

Case Study: Rhinoplasty for the Greek Nose

Background: The shape of the nose is almost as different as each person’s personality. Not only is the nose different amongst each person but there are well known nasal shape differences amongst various races and cultures. The differences in nose shapes between different ethnic groups around the world is well recognized and is seen in Read More…

Asian Rhinoplasty with Rib Cartilage Grafting

When a rib graft is needed in a rhinoplasty it implies that there is a significant structural deficiency in the shape of the nose. When used in a primary rhinoplasty, it is by far most commonly used in non-Caucasian patients such as in the Asian nose. Changing the Asian nose requires focus on full length Read More…

Case Study: Rhinoplasty For Slimming The Wide Nose

Background: Aesthetic nasal deformities come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. While plastic surgeons have anatomic terminology to describe these nasal deformities, patients refer to them in much simpler and more visually apparent descriptions. It is extremely common that a patient presents for a rhinoplasty that wants to improve their ‘fat nose’. Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Similar Challenges between Rhinoplasty and Fat Grafting

Rhinoplasty is well known to be one, if not the most, challenging of all aesthetic plastic surgery operations. Surveys of plastic surgeons verify this historic belief and it is as true today as it was decades ago. It is one of the few plastic surgery procedures where entire educational courses and textbooks are devoted to Read More…

Injectable Cartilage and Fat Grafting in Rhinoplasty

The concept of injectable treatments has expanded to a wide variety of aesthetic facial uses over the past decade. From a single site enlargement like the lips to more extensive facial rejuvenation, injections offer an easy way to quickly add volume. Even the nose, once a basion of being changed exclusively by surgical manipulation, Read More…

Success of Secondary/Revision Rhinoplasty Surgery

Rhinoplasty is a well known aesthetic facial procedure that has a not insignificant risk of revision. Because the nose occupies the central area of the face, it understandably undergoes a lot of scrutiny, particularly after reshaping. When combined with the complex anatomy of the nose and the variability in how it can heal and Read More…