WHAT IS RHINOPLASTY SURGERY
The nose is a prominent part of the face, which makes it easily exposed to many reasons that change its shape, such as; injuries from accidents or fights, genetic, or congenital defects, and this affects ourselves in negative way, The problems of the nose are not only cosmetic but there are many other medical problems, such as; breathing problems, sinus, etc., which leads us to perform rhinoplasty.
RHINOPLASTY
Rhinoplasty (commonly referred to as a nose job) is a plastic surgery procedure on the nose to correct and reconstruct its shape and improve its function.
Type of nose Different Types of Nasal Surgery
Cosmetic rhinoplasty is a general term to describe any kind of plastic surgery that is carried out with the aim of enhancing or modifying the look of a patient’s nose.
However, there are a number of different nasal surgeries available. Working with your plastic surgeon can help you determine which option is best for you, depending on your unique anatomy and aesthetic goals.
1. Reduction Rhinoplasty
A reduction rhinoplasty is a plastic surgery that is designed to reduce the size of your nose. During this procedure, your nose may be reshaped as well. Patients can either opt to reduce the overall size of the nose or concentrate on specific areas including a large tip, hump or bump.
How is it performed? During this nasal surgery, the resizing is often done by removing cartilage and/or bone from the nose to achieve the desired shape and size.
2. Augmentation Rhinoplasty
The purpose of this type of nasal surgery is to increase the general proportions of the nose. It is performed for patients whose noses are too small either as a result of unique genetics or an injury in which the cartilage has been damaged.
How is it performed? During this plastic surgery, the underlying nasal framework is exposed through small incisions. The nose is then augmented using either the patient’s own cartilage (if available) or a synthetic nasal implant.
3. Post-Traumatic Rhinoplasty
After a patient has had an injury or been in an accident that has affected their nose, it might be necessary to use a nasal surgery to return the nose to its original shape and appearance.
In some cases, patients opt to take advantage of this situation and choose to have cosmetic enhancements performed during the procedure as well.
4. Corrective Rhinoplasty
Revision rhinoplasty refers to a secondary (or sometimes tertiary) rhinoplasty operation that seeks to correct any problems or corrections that arose after the initial cosmetic surgery.
This can include a reduction or augmentation, but generally, the aim of this plastic surgery is to restore the anatomy of a nose that doesn’t look right or is causing difficulty breathing.
Common problems requiring a corrective rhinoplasty:
- Nasal airway obstruction
- Overdone nose job
- Worsened asymmetry
- Incomplete shaping (not enough of a cosmetic change)
- Excessive or inadequate tip projection
- Excessively narrowed nasal tip
- Thickened scar tissue
- Over-reduction or inadequate reduction of the bridge height
Types of rhinoplasty
The nose is made up of bones and cartilage, and the rhinoplasty can be performed in certain parts of the nose without the other parts, in which a lot of methods are appeared, and developed with the evolution of time. There are surgical methods, and non-surgical methods, depending on the patient’s nose problem.
The patient must be healthy, with the intact nose’s bones, and he should older than 18 years old, to make sure that he has passed the adolescence, and his nose has reached its adult size, and relatively stable.
There are two types of surgical rhinoplasty:
- Open rhinoplasty: the surgeon makes a small external incision to the columellar, which made to separate the skin from the inner tissues of the nose, to gain access to the interior of the nose. It can be done for cases that have obvious deviations and distortions.
- Closed rhinoplasty: the surgeon makes an internal incision between the upper and lower nasal cartilage, without external incisions, so that reduces the external wounds and scars, takes a less time, and the patient needs a less period of recovery.
