General Rhinoplasty
Primary rhinoplasty for a patient with a large dorsal hump, droopy tip and crooked nose
Primary rhinoplasty for a female patient with an overprojected bridge and droopy tip. Techniques in this case entailed bridge perservation with hump reduction, resulting in natural looking refinements.
Female rhinoplasty patient with concerns of an over projected nose and hump on the side view with a droppy tip. Primary rhinoplasty techniques included the reduction of the bridge and the elevation of the tip. 2 month post-op results.
Female patient with concerns of an over projected bridge and droopy tip. Rhino techniques included the reduction of the dorsal hump, tip elevation, and tip support. 6 weeks post-op result.
Asian female patient who desired to have refinements to her tip and bridge. The bridge was refined by narrowing and raising the bridge of her nose. Bridge refinement was achieved with osteotomies and augmentation using temporalis fascia and diced cartilage grafting. The tip was narrowed and refined using a tip graft.
Patient with a large dorsal hump and a droopy tip. Primary rhinoplasty techniques included hump reduction, bilateral spreader grafts, caudal septal extension graft and tip graft.
Ethnic rhinoplasty for a female patient bothered by her overprojected bridge and over exposed nostrils. Primary rhinoplasty techniques included hump reduction, and nasal sill reduction to help reduce nostril exposure.
Reconstructive revision rhinoplasty for a female patient who suffered trauma to the nose. She was bothered by the nostril and nasal bridge asymmetry. Grafting techniques along with donor rib cartilage were used to provide refinement to the tip and fill in the bridge.
Female patient whose primary concern included the appearance of her tip from the front and side view of her nose. She had a very acute angle between her tip and her upper lip so primary rhinoplasty techniques included tip support, as well as nostril flare reduction, and tip rotation.
Female patient whose primary concern included the appearance of her tip from the front and side view of her nose. She had a very acute angle between her tip and her upper lip so primary rhinoplasty techniques included tip support, as well as nostril flare reduction, and tip rotation.
Before and after primary rhinoplasty for a female patient who was mostly concerned about the profile appearance of her nose. She was bothered by the appearance of the hump and the droopy tip. Primary rhinoplasty techniques included ultrasonic rhinoplasty with hump reduction and caudal septal tip support graft.
2 Month post op result.
Ultrasonic rhinoplasty intraoperative results of a female patient with a dorsal hump and a droopy tip.
Male patient who desired to raise his droopy tip and narrow the appearance of the tip from the front while maintaining a natural appearance to the nose.
Before and after primary rhinoplasty for a patient with a challenging case of a crooked nose and dorsal hump. Techniques to straighten the crooked nose included medial and lateral osteotomies, ultrasonic rhinoplasty hump reduction, clocking sutures, and tip support with caudal extension graft.
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.
Very complicated case of a patient with a severely crooked nose and twisted tip. Rhinoplasty techniques included the splinting of the septum using vomeric bone grafting. Re-positioning of the tip was performed as well as a hump reduction and caudal septal setback.
Female patient who presented with the primary concerns about the appearance of her profile. Rhinoplasty techniques included re-positioning the tip cartilages and a tongue-in-groove setback of the tip lobule plus hump reduction.
Before and after primary rhinoplasty for a female patient who was bothered by the hump on her profile and the droopiness of her tip. She was especially bothered by the droopiness of the tip with smiling.
Female with a severely crooked nose who presents for primary rhinoplasty. On the profile she desired to reduce the bump and the projection of the tip. Primary rhinoplasty techniques included asymmetric osteotomies, spreader grafts, clocking sutures, vomeric bone septal splint, tip de-projection, lateral crural repositioning.
Female patient who desired to refine her tip and her bridge. She was bothered by the size and the shape of her tip. Challenging case of what is called a “trapezoidal tip deformity.” Primary rhinoplasty techniques entailed the flattening and re-positioning of the tip cartilages to narrow the tip and provide for the most natural results.
Female patient who was bothered by the long appearance of her nose. She desired to shorten the nose from the profile and the frontal view. Primary rhinoplasty techniques included a tongue-and-groove tip securing technique onto the existing septum to help shorten the nose and stabilize the tip from drooping.
Patient who desired improving the aesthetic appearance of her nasal tip She felt her tip was too wide and bulbous. She also desired to raise the tip so as not to appear droopy from the profile view. Primary rhinoplasty techniques included the repositioning of the tip cartilages, the elevation and support of the tip with a caudal septal extension graft, and further tip refinement with an onlay graft.
This male patient has what is known as a tension nose deformity. In this case, the patient was seeking to reduce the over-projection of the bridge of the nose and to raise the droopiness of the tip. You will note he also had difficulty breathing through the nose as is evident from his mouth opening and mouth-breathing seen in the pre-operative photos and his closing of the mouth given his improvement in breathing through the nose after surgery in the post-operative photos.
Before and 3 months after primary rhinoplasty to help correct a deviated nose. This patient presents with the very challenging finding of a deviated nose where the entire lower two-thirds of the nose is deviated to the right side. Rhinoplasty techniques included an extracorporeal septoplasty which is a very advanced septoplasty technique where the entire septum is removed and reconstructed then replaced. A hump reduction and slight tip elevation was also performed to improve the aesthetics of the profile as were the patient’s goals.
Patient who desired refinements to her profile and the shape of her tip. Primary rhinoplasty techniques included hump reduction, bilateral osteotomies, bilateral spreader grafts, caudal septal extension graft for tip support, lateral crural repositioning with lateral crural strut grafts, and tip onlay graft. She has vertically oriented tip cartilages thus to give the most natural tip refinement appearance, the tip cartilages were repositioned. 9 month long term follow photos are provided.
Female patient who wanted to refine her tip. She was displeased with the bulbous shape of the tip from the front and the profile of the tip and the bridge. Primary rhinoplasty techniques included bilateral osteotomies to narrow bridge. Tip refinement techniques included the repositioning of the lower lateral cartilages with lateral crural strut grafts and tip support with a caudal septal extension graft. These tip refinement techniques were employed to give a natural appearance to the outcome.
Female patient who desired to reduce the appearance of the hump on the profile view of the nose. Primary rhinoplasty techniques included an open approach, bilateral osteotomies, hump reduction, bilateral spreader grafts, caudal septal extension graft, and tip onlay graft. She is seen here 4 months after surgery.
Patient whose concerns include the over-projection of her tip and bridge on the profile view as well as the bulbous tip appearance on the front view. Primary rhinoplasty techniques included bilateral osteotomies, bilateral spreader grafts, caudal septal extension graft, tip onlay graft, and batten graft.
Female patient whose cosmetic concerns included tip refinement, tip elevation, and the hump on her profile view. She underwent a primary rhinoplasty with a hump reduction, osteotomies, and caudal septal extension graft for tip support.
18 year old male who desired to reduce the size of his nose. He also complained of not breathing well from one side of his nose. He was found to have a deviated nose and a deviated septum. These were corrected with a septoplasty and an open approach to rhinoplasty. The pictures provided are 1 month after surgery.
A 18 year old male with distant history of nasal trauma. Presents complaining of bilateral nasal obstruction and crooked nasal deformity. He was found to have a severely deviated septum and an external nasal deviation. Challenging primary rhinoplasty which included septoplasty, hump reduction, spreader grafts, and batten grafts. Post-operatively his nasal obstruction was corrected. On the frontal view, an improvement in his nasal deviation is evident. Lateral view shows reduction of his hump with profile alignment. Base view reveals a triangular shape, nostril symmetry as well as improvement of his nasal deviation.
Challenging primary rhinoplasty female patient who presented with nasal blockage and cosmetic complaints regarding her nose. She found her nose to be large and with a crooked appearance. She was found to have a significantly deviated septum and an external deviation of her nose to the right side. Complicated primary rhinoplasty which included a septoplasty, placement of spreader grafts, removal of nasal hump, tip setback through a tongue and groove technique, and tip domal suturing. Postoperatively, patient now without nasal breathing problems, nose straight externally, profile alignment with straight dorsum, and natural tip refinements on frontal view. Base view demonstrates the tip refinements achieved while maintaining nostril symmetry.
Patient with a undefined and boxy tip seeking refinement to her tip and the straightening of her profile. In this case the tip was refined with onlay tip grafts using crushed cartilage and the root of the nose (the radix) was raised using cartilage grafting which gave the profile a straighter appearance and alignment with the tip.
Before and after primary rhinoplasty on a female patient with the primary complaint of the over-projection of her bridge. Primary rhinoplasty techniques included hump reduction, osteotomies, bilateral spreader grafts, and caudal septal extension graft for tip support.
Patient who desired an overall thinner nose from the front and tip elevation on the profile view. Challenging case with very wide nasal bones and tip cartilages with thick nasal skin. Primary open rhinoplasty techniques included both medial and lateral osteotomies for maximal nasal bone narrowing. The tip cartilages were repositioned with placement of lateral crural strut grafts and tip onlay grafts. The tip cartilages were re-oriented to provide for narrowing of the tip while preserving a natural tip appearance given the orginal ultra wide tip cartilage orientation. Base view of the nose shows the boxy tip cartilage prior to surgery. Tip support with caudal septal extension graft. She is seen 6 months post-op.
Patient with concerns of wide tip and hump on the profile view. Open rhinoplasty techniques include hump reduction, osteotomies, bilateral spreader grafts, caudal septal extension graft and tip onlay grafts. Seen here are her 8 month post-operative results.
Patient with crooked nose deformity. His nose was deviated to the right side and with difficulty breathing. Did not desire any cosmetic changes to the nose other than the straightening of the nose. Primary rhinoplasty techniques entailed a right osteotomy, bilateral spreader graft placement using the “push/ pull” technique, and a left batten graft. 3 months post-operatively he is seen with correction of the nasal deviation. Base view before and after surgery also shows improvement in the symmetry of the nostril shape. No changes were made to the profile.
Primary rhinoplasty for tip refinement. Techniques included bilateral osteotomies, caudal septal extension graft, lower lateral cartilage repositioning with lateral crural strut graft and tip onlay graft.
Patients concerns included the hump on the profile view and the tip. Rhinoplasty techniques included hump reduction, osteotomies, bilateral spreader grafts, tongue-in-groove tip setback, and tip onlay grafts. Tip cartilage support and repositioning was accomplished by a tongue-in-groove technique where the existing septum was used to help shorten the appearance of the profile and the hanging columella.
Challenging case of Hispanic rhinoplasty of a patient with very thick nasal skin and a wide nose. Primary rhinoplasty techniques included bilateral osteotomies, defatting of the nasal skin, tip onlay grafts, and alar flare reduction incisions. Techniques performed to provide for narrowing of the nose while preserving a natural appearing outcome. Alar flare reductions allow for the narrowing and the thinning of the base of the nose while maintaining the nostril size the same. In this case, her nostril size were small but the nasal flare was wide.
Female patient with a crooked nose and deviated tip. She also desired the refinement of her tip and the alignment of her profile view. The crooked and deviated tip is a very challenging feature to improve upon in rhinoplasty. Intra-operative maneuvers entailed the asymmetric placement of spreader grafts and a clocking suture technique. Hump reduction and tip refinements were also made. Seen here in her post-operative photos are a significant improvement in her nasal tip deviation and the other refinements made to the nose including the reduction of the hump on the profile view.
Primary rhinoplasty and chin implant for a patient with very thin skin whose concerns included over-projection of her nose. Techniques included hump reduction, bilateral spreader grafts with double spreader grafts on the left side to address her bridge. Tip setback using caudal septal extension graft and onlay grafts. Medium, silastic chin implant was also placed to balance her profile.
Patient presented with complaints of large, over-projected nose, a large hump as well as nasal breathing difficulty. Primary rhinoplasty was performed with septoplasty, hump reduction, and spreader grafts. A ‘toungue-in-groove’ technique was utilized for tip support whereby his tip cartilages were set back onto his septum. This technique allows for long term tip support as well as for the decrease in projection of the tip. A chin implant was also placed to for profile alignment. Seen here are his 9 month post-operative results.