What will my nose look like after Rhinoplasty surgery?
It is my personal philosophy that producing “natural looking” noses after rhinoplasty leads to the most satisfactory results and happiest patients. The “cute” nose of the 1960’s is no longer in demand and while in most cases we can successfully reduce large noses, I believe that a nose which is proportioned to other facial features makes patients the happiest. Excess cartilage and bone in the nose can be reduced using special plastic surgery techniques. Irregularities and bumps can be removed and crookedness can be straightened and smoothed. Adding tissue grafts to enhance certain features of the nose can also be performed, but good judgment and experience is required to achieve predictable results with these plastic surgery techniques. In modern nasal plastic surgery procedures the trend is to move away from over-reduction of tissue that reduces breathing ability and move towards individualized treatment of each segment of the nose, resulting in a balanced and refined look without com
