Our 19 year old patient is 11 months following rhinoplasty surgery in our practice. Goals of surgery were narrowing of her bridge, tip and nostrils, along with profile deprojection, and tip-lift. Her surgery required a right spreader graft to enlarge her right internal nasal valve, and an extended shield graft to get maximum refinement of her nasal tip appearance. Tip grafts may be helpful for achieving tip narrowing and support in those with thicker skin types.
Our 22 year old patient is seen 5 YEARS after rhinoplasty surgery in our practice. Our patient was mostly bothered by her profile - she felt her nose protruded too far. You can see natural looking nasal reduction surgery for a less distracting nasal appearance.
These photos were taken 9 months following chin implant surgery, and rhinoplasty surgery in our beautiful 28 year old patient. This is a good example of the balance between your nose and chin on profile. When someone's nose is too large, this appearance may be worsened by a weak chin appearance. The combination of these two procedures may provide an exponential benefit for those who might be of benefit. Her nasal surgery was both functional and cosmetic. You can see hump reduction and tip lifting. She also had correction of a severely deviated nasal septum, along with turbinate reduction and a left spreader graft - all to improve her nasal breathing.
Our beautiful 24 year old patient is seen three months following functional and cosmetic rhinoplasty surgery. She had a severely deviated nasal septum corrected, and spreader grafts placed on both sides to improve her breathing. You can see a natural looking, and less distracting nasal appearance that breathes better.
If you're considering nasal surgery, computer imaging may help to establish realistic expectations: If your surgeon feels comfortable offering cosmetic and functional rhinoplasty surgery, computer imaging may be offered to let you visualize what to expect after surgery. Computer imaging is "underdone" to demonstrate a modest improvement, and we then see if you would be satisfied with the simulated improvements. If you don't like your computer imaged result, it may be best to defer surgery.
Our beautiful 54 year old patient is seen six months following her rhinoplasty surgery with us. She did not like her wide, droopy and asymmetrically bulbous tip appearance. Her small dorsal hump and profile convexity was also repaired. She had nostril narrowing, and spreader grafts places to improve her narrowed internal nasal valves.
One of the most important parts of your rhinoplasty consultation will be to gain understanding of your concerns about how your nose looks and functions. Your descriptions are written verbatim, along with the duration of your dissatisfaction and dysfunction. We typically ask our prospective rhinoplasty patients how much they dislike their nose, from zero to ten. Ten may be the worst possible dissatisfaction, and zero may be defined as no desire for surgery. Those who quantify dissatisfaction at seven or higher are typically eagerly desiring surgery. Rhinoplasty surgery may not be appropriate if you only have mild to moderate dissatisfaction with your nose, or if you like your current nasal appearance on occasion. If you have a high degree of dissatisfaction for a long duration, with issues we can fix or improve upon, you may be a good candidate for rhinoplasty surgery, since goals of rhinoplasty surgery are always improving how your nose looks and functions.
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