Category: rhinoplasty

The Challenges of Male Rhinoplasty

Rhinoplasty is statistically seen as a top five male plastic surgery procedure. Most commonly these are younger men who desire changes in the shape of their nose or improvement in their breathing due to internal obstruction. While the technical aspects of a male rhinoplasty are not different than that of women, there are numerous psychological Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Anatomy of a Rhinoplasty

Rhinoplasty remains as one of the most challenging of plastic surgery operations to master. You may wonder how can such a small structure on the face can pose such difficulties. It comes down to the complex anatomy of the nose. Hidden under the skin of the nose are numerous bones and cartilages that come together Read More…

The Role Of Plastic Surgery In Bullying Management

Bullying for school age children and teenagers has reached unprecented awareness recently. While it is a social phenomenon that has gone on forever, many recent examples of internet intimidations and even suicides has made it newsworthy of late. The recent movie release “Bully’ has brought an awareness particularly to adults that brings back unfortunate memories Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Importance of the Nasolabial Angle in Rhinoplasty

The relationship of the nose to the lip is an important consideration in facial aesthetics. Known as the nasolabial angle, this is a measurable angle in profile view between the columellar skin of the nose and the philtrum of the upper lip. This relationship is often changed in rhinoplasty surgery. A recent clinical study has Read More…

The Psychological Aspects of Facial Structural Surgery

There are many reasons that patients request surgical changes to their face. With over twenty different facial regions that can be altered, there are seemingly endless options and combinations. But when you break it down, there are two main reasons for making cosmetic changes to the face. I divide these into either facial anti-aging surgery Read More…

Case Study: Rhinoplasty in the African-American Nose

Background:Changing the inherent shape of the African-American nose is one of the earliest forms of ethnic rhinoplasty in the U.S. The rhinoplasty goal is not to make it look like a Caucasian nose as this is both unnatural and often just ends up just creating an abnormal nose shape that does not fit the face. Read More…

Nasal Tip Projection and the Nasolabial Angle in Rhinoplasty

Concerns about the size and shape of the tip of the nose is one of the most common reasons many patients seek rhinoplasty surgery. Patients want nasal tips that are smaller, more narrow and sometimes even lifted. I have yet to have a patient request a nasal tip that they want to be fuller, wider Read More…

The Reality of Rhinoplasty Recovery

Rhinoplasty can produce some of the most dramatic changes on the appearance of one’s face. Sitting dead center in the face, it is hard to escape what it looks like…and even harder to hide it should it have surgery. Besides the splint and tapes that envelope the nose during the first week after surgery, there Read More…

Septorhinoplasty For Correction of the Roman Nose

News out of the New York Mets baseball camp this week involved more than just baseball and had a plastic surgery flavor. According to numerous media outlets, pitcher Jonathon Niese arrived at camp looking different and stated that he underwent a rhinoplasty in the off season. Admittedly I do not follow New York mets baseball Read More…

The Rejuvenative Effects Of Rhinoplasty

As we age our face undergoes many changes. Almost all of these age-related tissue changes are a downward drift due to gravity as tissues loosen and fall. The development of sagging eyebrows, malar bags, deepening nasolabial folds, jowls and neck wattles are the most recognizeable of these signs. But other facial features also age although Read More…