Nasal Surgery

Nasal surgery is the true art and science of plastic surgery. It is where the difference of one millimeter can make the difference between spectacular and horrible. It is the area where there is no absolute standard, and becomes the truly artistic, creative, and sculptured. Patients are seen with dissimilar complaints and dissimilar degrees of these complaints, and they are always right in what they see. It is just a matter of whether it can be predictably fixed or not. I have a very keen awareness of all these complaints and how much they disturb patients. I will listen to you and treat these.

Patients notice a variety of features and some may be subtle or severe in yours or mine opinions and we may agree on this or not. So, this is a condition where I always use computer imaging to make sure that we both see the same thing and to the same degree. Patients commonly complain of a “big ball” on the end of the nose, a hanging or drooping tip, a hump on the top, a crooked nose, dents or bumps, difficulty breathing, watery discharge, or sinus problems. The anatomy of the nose is very straightforward with a quite distinct framework of bone and cartilage, overlying skin that may be thick or thin, and the mucous membrane lining the nose with all its complex functioning. In the nose all these different anatomic features must be analyzed and addressed prior to your surgery. The surgical plan includes a very thorough exam, computer images, then illustrative drawings of your anatomy and my plan. I will coordinate the features of your anatomy with your expectations, formulate a plan with you, and guide you through this. In nasal surgery the planning, preparation, technique, and synchronization of yours and mine artistic visions are exquisitely important and I take this very seriously with several visits, old photographs, and computer images. This way you are provided the best of all possible results. There are several categories of nasal surgery which I offer in my practice which are:

• Ethnic Rhinoplasty. This is a specific sub-specialization of rhinoplasty where doctors like myself are skilled and interested in rhinoplasty for patients with specific ethnic features that must be observed, preserved and dealt with artistically. This is often seen in Asian Rhinoplasty and African-American Rhinoplasty. I can help you with this.
• Revision Rhinoplasty. This is another highly sub-specialized area of rhinoplasty for patients that have already had a procedure and desire to have this revised and made better. Please visit the separate section on this.

Surgery involves a light general anesthetic, performed where I do surgery, which is in a hospital setting. The surgery is safe and predictable. There is a very mild swelling and very rare bruising after surgery. There are few small stitches, with return to work in as little as 5-7 days, and to some physical exercise in the second week. The surgical result relies on the fact that your skin will mold down around the artistically reshaped and remolded bone and cartilage layer.

I have great expertise in rhinoplasty and have performed hundreds of these operations with very natural results that are not drastic or severe, and do not make you look different or like a different person, but softened, delicate, balanced, and elegant. I spend a great deal of time discussing your anatomy, doing computer imaging, making drawings, listening to your expectations, and interpreting for you what you anatomy and tissues will allow me to do in a safe and predictable way. In addition, I consider your body as a whole and I build a system into every nasal surgery that, initially, allows you to recover much quicker and, secondly, it serves to preserve your surgical results. This system includes a special diet, special attention to blood clotting, vitamins, supplements, skin products, physical training and knowing what to avoid. Together, all of this allows me to create results that are consistently very beautiful, quick to heal, exceptionally natural, and with minimal incisions, especially in the nose; an area of such major importance. I am delighted to surgically provide you with such profound yet natural nasal changes, and ones that have consistently so pleased my patients and changed their lives.
 

For before and after images of this procedure click here

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