Nose Surgery also known as rhinoplasty, a cosmetic surgical procedure that improves the appearance and proportion of your nose thus enhancing facial harmony.
Rhinoplasty can change:
Nose size, in relation to facial balance
Nose width
Nose profile, with visible humps or depressions on the bridge
Nasal tip, that is enlarged or bulbous, drooping
Nostrils that are large or wide
Nasal asymmetry due to previous injury
Crooked nose or the nose that is off-centered
The technique used will depend on the surgical goal. Incisions will be placed inside your nose, sometimes a very short incision is made across the vertical strip of tissue that separates the nostrils called the columella. This technique is called an "open rhinoplasty.” The incisions used, will ultimately be very inconspicuous.
Through these incisions, work is done on the cartilage and bone that form the framework of your nose.
Sometimes, the position of certain bones may need to be altered in order to make your nose look narrower and straighter. If your nose needs to be built up in some areas, this can be done using cartilage, bone or an implant. The skin and soft tissues then redrape themselves over this new framework.
If the base of the nose is narrowed or the nostrils reduced, small wedges of skin at the base of the nostrils will be removed. Incisions are hidden in the natural crease where the nostril joins the cheek.
Since the healing process is gradual, you should expect to wait up to one year to see the final result. However your new look is visible within few weeks of your surgery.
The results of rhinoplasty are permanent, except for possible changes associated with the normal aging process.
