African American Rhinoplasty
Ethnic rhinoplasty for a patient seeking to narrow her bridge, tip and nasal base.
Patient felt she had a low bridge, wide tip, and nostril flare and sought refinements to these areas. Rhinoplasty techniques included bridge augmentation with diced cartilage, tip graft, and altar base reductions.
Ethnic rhinoplasty for a female patient who was bothered by the width of her nose. Primary rhinoplasty techniques included tip defatting, dorsal augmentation, & tip graft.
Primary ethnic rhinoplasty for a female patient who was bothered by the droopiness of her tip as well as dorsal hump. Techniques included dorsal hump reduction with ultrasonic rhinoplasty using the piezotime, and tip support with caudal septo extention graft, as well as tip graft.
Ethnic rhinoplasty for female patient wanting to elevate her droopy tip and reduce the width of her nose including the nasal flare. Techniques included tip elevation graft, dorsal augmentation, and alar base reduction.
Results shown are 2 months post-op.
Ethnic rhinoplasty for female patient seeking refinements to her nose. She was bothered by her bridge on her profile view and the flare of her nostrils.
8-month post-op results
Patient is 1 year post op.
Patient felt she had a low bridge, wide tip, and nostril flare and sought refinements to these areas. Rhinoplasty techniques included bridge augmentation with diced cartilage, tip graft, and altar base reductions.
Before and after rhinoplasty for a patient who desired to raise and narrow her nasal bridge, refine her tip, and reduce the flare of the base of the nose. Rhinoplasty techniques included dorsal augmentation, bilateral osteotomies, caudal septal support, tip skin de-fatting, tip graft, and alar base reductions.
Female patient seeking to better define her bridge and reduce the width of her nose. Rhinoplasty techniques included bridge augmentation with ear cartilage, tip support with tip graft, and alar base reductions.
Female African American patient who desired to reduce the width and refine her bridge, reduce the width of the flare of the base of the nose, and refine the tip of her nose.
Rhinoplasty techniques included tip support with caudal septal extensions graft, tip graft, alar base reductions, and dorsal refinement and elevation with diced auricular cartilage.
African American patient who sent in her photos 1 year post-op after primary rhinoplasty. Primary rhinoplasty techniques included the refinement of the tip and bridge. Alar base reductions were performed to narrow her nasal base and reduce her nostril flare.
Female patient seeking refinements to her nose. She desired to improve the droopy appearance of her tip from the profile view and refine the bridge and base of the nose. Before and after photos show the support provided to the tip and the refinements to the bridge and the base of the nose. Rhinoplasty techniques included bilateral osteotomies, nasal tip skin de-fatting, alar base reductions, and tip support with caudal septal extension graft and onlay grafts.
Revision rhinoplasty for a patient who had undergone a previous rhinoplasty and desired to raise and narrow her bridge as well as create refinements to the nose. Revision rhinoplasty techniques included the raising of the bridge and the narrowing of the bridge with diced ear cartilage and temporalis fascia graft to avoid the placement of an implant in the nose. Tip support was created with a caudal septal extension graft and tip graft.
Female patient who desired refinements to her nose. She desired to have a more elevated bridge, a narrowed tip and narrowing of the nasal base. Primary rhinoplasty techniques included bridge augmentation with diced auricular cartilage and temporalis fascia, tip onlay graft and alar base reductions.
Challenging case of a female patient with very thick nasal skin who desired refinements to the nose. Her rhinoplasty techniques included an open approach, nasal skin de-fatting, radix graft, bilateral osteotomies, caudal septal extension graft for tip support, tip onlay grafts, and alar base reductions.
Female, African American patient who desired refinement to her nose. Her main concerns included her bulbous tip and the flare of the base of her nose. Primary rhinoplasty techniques included osteotomies, caudal septal extension graft for tip support, tip graft, and alar flare reductions.
African American female patient who desired to refine her bridge and the tip of her nose as well as reduce her nostril flare. Primary open rhinoplasty techniques included osteotomies, caudal septal extension graft for nasal tip support, tip onlay grafts, and alar base reductions. Seen here with a 10 month follow up with narrowed bridge and tip. Tip elation on the profile view and nostril flare reduction on the base view.
Primary rhinoplasty of an African American male. Patient desired refinements to his nose while preserving his ethnic features. A primary rhinoplasty was performed which entailed a tip shield graft to refine his tip, alar base reductions to narrow his nostrils, and a radix graft to straighten his hump on the profile view. Note that his hump was not reduced. Rather the radix (where the nose meets the forehead) was raised. This allowed for the simultaneous alignment of his profile and the narrowing of his bridge on the frontal view. This is a key maneuver to create narrowing of the bridge. If the dorsum would have been lowered his bridge would have resulted in being wider. Base view included to demonstrate the narrowing of the tip and the width of the base. The base width narrowing was accomplished in a significant but not overly aggressive manner to preserve a natural appearing result. Note the well-healed alar base reductions scars along the outside of his nostrils. He is seen here on his 3 month post-op results.