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If
you're considering rhinoplasty...
Rhinoplasty, or surgery to reshape the nose, is one of the most common
of all plastic surgery procedures. Rhinoplasty can reduce or increase
the size of your nose, change the shape of the tip or the bridge, narrow
the span of the nostrils, or change the angle between your nose and your
upper lip. It may also correct a birth defect or injury, or help relieve
some breathing problems.
If you're considering rhinoplasty, this information will give you a
basic understanding of the procedure-when it can help, how it's performed,
and what results you can expect. It can't answer all of your
questions, since a lot depends on the individual patient and the surgeon.
Please ask Dr. Bermant about anything you don't understand.
The best candidates for rhinoplasty
Rhinoplasty can enhance your appearance and your self-confidence, but
it won't necessarily change your looks to match your ideal, or cause other
people to treat you differently. Before you decide to have surgery, think
carefully about your expectations and discuss them with Dr. Bermant.
The best candidates for rhinoplasty are people who are looking for improvement,
not perfection, in the way they look. If you're physically healthy, psychologically
stable, and realistic in your expectations, you may be a good candidate.
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can address. These preoperative photographs show noses
that the patients complained were too large, projecting too far
from the face.
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These preoperative pictures show noses that the patients complained
were too big for their faces. The tips were enlarged and drooping.
The columella are hanging showing too much lining of the nose.
Click on the images to see more before and after
pictures for that problem.
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Rhinoplasty can be performed to meet aesthetic goals or for reconstructive
purposes-to correct birth defects or breathing problems.
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Others complain that their nose has a hump, is bent, or otherwise
deformed. (These are before surgery images.)
Click on the images to see more before and after
pictures for that problem.
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Ethnic concerns can play an important
role.
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that problem.
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Different parts of the nose may be involved:
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Complaints may varied, some common ones are:
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- Dorsum
- Bony
- Region
- Cartilage
- Tip
- Columella
- Nostrils
- Septum
- Turbinates
Explore the anatomy of the nose |
- Too Narrow
- Too Big
- Too High
- Too Short
- Too Long
- Too Flat
- Too Wide
- Don't like Shape
- Bent
- Deformed
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Age may also be a consideration. Many surgeons prefer
not to operate on teenagers until after they've completed their growth
spurt-around 14 or 15 for girls, a bit later for boys. It's important
to consider teenagers' social and emotional adjustment, too, and to make
sure it's what they, and not their parents, really want.
 
Learn more about rhinoplasty surgery of the nose
Open Rhinoplasty - Photographic details during surgery of the
Black nose (warning graphic pictures).
Open Rhinoplasty - Pictures of dorsal and tip sculpture during
surgery (warning graphic photographs)
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Patient Pictures before and after surgery
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