Rhinoplasty, or nose reconstruction surgery, is an elective surgical process to correct an unattractive nose which appears crooked or too large or small. Additionally, it may help correct problems like deviated septum that create breathing issues.
Balance and symmetry in facial profiles are typically defined when forehead, nose and chin each account for three-fourths of face when seen from the front view. Rhinoplasty can help achieve this symmetry and balance within your nose’s proportions.
Reducing the Size of the Nose
The nose is one of the most striking features on any person’s face, and a too large nose can overshadow other facial features and detract from your overall look. Cosmetic nose surgery offers an effective solution to correcting this mismatch between nose shape and facial structure in order to achieve more balanced symmetry and an improved overall look.
Rhinoplasty (nose job), also known as plastic surgery can change the size and shape of your nostrils, nasal bridge width or even your hump on top. Furthermore, plastic surgery can also shorten its length to create more balanced facial features by making the nose seem smaller in comparison with other features and adding balance to overall appearance.
Start the process of reducing your nose today with our surgeon! They will begin by making an incision at the middle of either nostril, columella, or both and lifting off skin before manipulating cartilage and bone to reduce size based on what was discussed during your consultation visit. They’ll continue until their desired goal has been reached as per the surgical plan outlined by you and your doctor during their meeting.
Your surgeon may use extra cartilage from either your septum, ears or approved cadaver sources in order to reduce the size of your nose. Once harvested, this extra cartilage will be grafted over your existing nose in order to create your desired shape.
Rhinoplasty is an increasingly popular procedure among both men and women who feel their nose is too large for their facial structure or has other aesthetic concerns. Not only can this surgery alter its appearance; it can also resolve breathing issues caused by deviated septum.
No matter your aesthetic needs or goals, Boston plastic surgeons offer services to address crookedness or reshaping the tip of your nose. As well as surgical interventions, noninvasive procedures like lip fillers may also improve its size and shape to add facial symmetry – though these treatments should only be undertaken with experienced practitioners to avoid complications.
Reshaping the Nose
Nose size and shape play an integral part in how your face appears, with any abnormality – be it crookedness or being too big/small in proportion with other facial features – being immensely self-conscious for people of any age.
If the shape of your nose does not suit you, surgical intervention may offer an option to alter it. Rhinoplasty (commonly referred to as “nose job”) is a popular cosmetic surgical solution used to correct an unbalanced facial profile by correcting an unattractive nose and creating balance among facial features. Consultation with an experienced plastic surgeon will enable them to help determine an ideal nose shape which complements other facial features.
To reshape your nose, your surgeon will first make a small incision either inside your nostrils or near the base of your nose. Through this opening, they can access the nasal bones and cartilage which make up its structure; depending on your desired result they may add or subtract cartilage depending on its desired effect; they also use techniques to narrow its width or shorten it, as well as implants in some instances.
Tip refining involves changing the shape and direction of your nose’s tip by adding or subtracting cartilage; they will also reduce its size for a more pleasing overall profile.
The lower section of a nasal tip is known as its “nasal saddle.” When performing tip refinement surgery, your surgeon will reshape and reduce length to give your nose a more refined overall shape. They may also shorten or widen it as desired to create more balanced looks in all three dimensions – often using cartilage from either your nasal septum or the lateral portion to achieve their goals. Secondary or revision rhinoplasty surgery allows them to also reshape lower sections to address deformities caused by injuries or birth defects that have arisen as result.
Reshaping the Upper Third of the Nose
The upper portion of the nose, known as its bridge, is composed primarily of bone. Meanwhile, its center contains a thin layer of cartilage. A dorsal hump, nasal septum issues or any other issue with its inner structure can negatively alter its appearance; to address such problems and restore facial harmony and balance more efficiently through rhinoplasty procedures.
As with any cosmetic surgery procedure, rhinoplasty carries its own risks. However, they can be mitigated by selecting an experienced rhinoplasty surgeon; since the nose is one of the more complex facial features and requires skilled hands to sculpt delicate cartilage (lower part) and correct deviated nasal bones (upper part).
Based on your needs and desired outcome, rhinoplasty surgery may be performed either closed or openly. During this procedure, a surgeon will make an incision inside or near the tip of the nose before using precise techniques to reshape its underlying structure (if necessary, cartilage/bone will be removed to reduce size of nose). Once this process has completed, any skin or tissues displaced during surgery will be replaced, stitches closed up cut area as necessary and finally an internal or external splint placed over nose for protection and better appearance.
The nasal septum is a dividing wall which can become misalign, impairing breathing and leading to sinus pressure. Septoplasty surgery may be done for functional reasons without altering the appearance of the nose; if aesthetic enhancements are desired as well, however, additional procedures such as creating mucoperichondrial flaps and reshaping or trimming of the nasal septum may be needed by your surgeon.
The upper third of the nose is defined by its relationship between two nasal bones and their perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone, and can be altered by altering either the bridge, dorsal hump, nostril width and dorsal dorsum itself – these changes having a profound impact on other facial aesthetic angles such as the nasofacial angle, nasofrontal angle, and nasomental angle.
Reshaping the Lower Third of the Nose
The nose serves as the center of our facial features and can have an enormous influence over their alignment and proportions. If it becomes misaligning or tilted in any way, it can throw off proportions across other features on your face – and an issue like this should be rectified through Rhinoplasty to create more balanced features on our faces.
At rhinoplasty surgery, your surgeon will first remove excess skin and tissue around your nose to expose its supporting cartilage. They then use tools to reshape it; this may involve cutting away some bone to narrow nostrils or move up the tip. If extra cartilage is required to reshape it further, grafting from other parts of your body such as ears may be added before being put back in place by stitching back on skin or other methods.
Many patients are unhappy with the shape of their nose. At consultation, patients may express that their dorsal hump is too prominent, their nostrils too wide or that their tip droops excessively. When this occurs, a surgeon may use a process known as turbinate reduction to decrease these structures’ sizes and restore balance to your profile.
Some patients with drooping nose tips could be suffering from an overprojection of the lower lateral cartilages (SLC). A surgeon may reorient these cartilages in order to decrease their over-projection and improve the appearance of the tip. Another method for correcting such problems would be performing cephalic rotation of these lower lateral cartilages – either way this would provide much-needed correction of any issues with too rounded or droopy tips.
Your doctor will instruct you to rest after nose reshaping surgery and limit any intense physical activity for at least several weeks post-surgery, with no rigorous activity and all swelling subsiding before seeing the final results of your procedure. Take photographs before and after surgery as documentation; wear a sun hat when in direct sunlight, and avoid activities which press on your nose during healing process.
