Revision rhinoplasty is more expensive than first-time rhinoplasty because it’s more complex. Since, it’s best to have revision rhinoplasty done by specialist, it can be more expensive because these surgeons charge for their expertise. Also, the procedure itself can take longer than primary rhinoplasty, so your operating room and anesthesia costs may be more as …
Rhinoplasty will fix a snub nose. Since this type of nose is too short and/or upturned for some people, we use your own cartilage harvested from a rib, or cartilage that has been donated, to lengthen the nose and create the tip dimensions and angles that is more aesthetically pleasing. Your snub nose can be …
There are two different causes of a pollybeak deformity of the nose, which is a fullness that is just above the tip. We call that a super tip. One of the causes is a soft tissue pollybeak deformity in which if you’ve had a rhinoplasty procedure and too much of the structure under the cartilage …
Saddle nose is a depression in the nose just above the tip, that can be fixed with rhinoplasty. Where we replace the concavity with cartilage or bone. Is saddle nose serious? Saddle nose is not a life or death situation but can be serious if it’s caused by inflammation where it will continue to get …
Rhinoplasty grafts are cartilage, bone, or tissue, that is taken from another part of the nose or another location in the body, then placed in the nose for the sake of appearance or function. Most of the time we’ll take cartilage from the septum, which is the divider between the two sides inside the nose. …
A septoplasty is a surgery in which we straighten a deviated septum. The septum is the divider between the two sides of your nose that’s made up of cartilage and bone. It can become bent to one side or another making it harder to breathe out of the resulting narrow nostril. This is one of …
Whether a nose job is good or bad is very subjective and based on individual opinion. What one person may consider a bad nose job, someone else may not. There’s a lot that goes into a nose job and the results revolve around two main factors; form and function. Here’s a quick guide. If a …
Revision rhinoplasty is not too painful since we are usually not moving as many things around as in your first rhinoplasty. However, revision rhinoplasty encompasses a very wide range of procedures, from making small changes to the tip to fixing a small bump to completely revising and reconstructing all of the cartilages and the bones. …