How does skin type affect Rhinoplasty?
A. Skin thickness is one of the most important factors affecting Rhinoplasty results. If a patient has thin skin changes to the cartilage of the nose will almost certainly change the appearance of the nose. While having thin skin is considered an attractive feature any imperfection resulting from surgery will be noticeable as well. Therefore it’s a double edge sword. The surgeon needs to let you know this and perform the surgery as perfectly and delicately as possible to ensure a good result. Thick skin patients are difficult to obtain dramatic changes with Rhinoplasty. They still can benefit from Rhinoplasty surgery but the results may be less dramatic as the skin covering the nose may camouflage some the changes to the underlying structures of the nose. An expert Rhinoplasty surgeon will generally have different methods available to give patients the best result depending on their skin type. Dr Solomon believes that if a surgeon uses only one procedure “cookie cutter Rhinoplasty” the
