Category: rhinoplasty

  The nose is one of the most frequently injured parts of the face due to its prominent location. While low-energy trauma (e.g., fisticuffs) accounts for the largest percent of nasal injuries which are commonly non-displaced or displaced bone fractures, higher energy impacts cause more complex and significant nasal derangements. Vehicular accidents are one such Read More…

Many congenital or facial birth defects result in associated deformities of both the internal and external parts of the nose. Often times these are some of the most difficult nose problems to deal with in rhinoplasty surgery. The most common congenital nose deformity is that of cleft lip and palate with the bilateral cleft being Read More…

Rhinoplasty surgery is capable of making a number of different changes to the shape of the nose. One of these potential changes is in the length of the nose. A nose’s length is measured from a point between the eyebrows at the top of the nose (an anthropometric point known as rhinion) down the bridge Read More…

  Some noses show their most undesirable features from the frontal view from which one can see it the most. One of these aesthetic nasal deformities is the nose that is too wide or too fat. This ‘fatness’ could be isolated to just that the nasal tip being too wide or too round (bulbous) or Read More…

  While rhinoplasty is one of the most sought after plastic surgery procedures, it is also one of the most challenging to perform. Its complexity of numerous anatomic elements coming together to form the many subtle shapes of the nose allows a lot of different factors to come into play in what will result in Read More…

  Patients may have unsatisfactory results in their first rhinoplasty that may lead them in seeking a secondary rhinoplasty or revision rhinoplasty.  Secondary rhinoplasty may also be needed for traumatic nasal injuries, particularly when the nasal bridge is impacted inward. (saddle nose deformity) Many plastic surgeons prefer to use autologous cartilage tissue whenever possible for Read More…

Rhinoplasty is a popular and very successful procedure for reshaping the nose. While many have an interest in such nasal surgery, there is understandable concern about going through a surgery and, in particular, the recovery from it. Because of the  very visible location of the surgery (hard to miss the nose in the center of Read More…

  Functional nasal airway surgery is intended to improve breathing though your nose by removing mechanical obstructions to airflow. Many patients confuse this type of nasal surgery with rhinoplasty which is the external reshaping of the nose. (particularly as it relates to insurance coverage!) This is understandable given that it is quite common to do Read More…

  The nasal septum is recognized by most people as an internal nasal structure that often is not straight and may lead to breathing problems. The nasal septum is the wall between the nostrils that separates the two nasal passages. It provides significant support to the dorsal line of the nose and directs airflow. The septum Read More…