Rhinoplasty was once only damage control It is only in the past hundred years or so that surgeons have been able to use rhinoplasty to improve on the appearance of a functioning nose. The first known nose jobs were done in India in the sixth century B.C. by reshaping skin from the cheek of the…
The long history of rhinoplasty
January 31, 2016
Each nose job is different
January 24, 2016
Different noses, different nose jobs In 2014, 150,000 people underwent rhinoplasty. Common reasons for a nose job are to reduce a nasal hump, change the size of the tip of the nose or the direction it points, or repair a deviated septum — but every nose job is different. To change the shape of the…
A case of revision rhinoplasty
January 17, 2016
The candidate (Note: The following is a dramatization.) She was thirty. She wanted to get a job as an anchorwoman at a local station, and she did not think her nose was ready for TV. She found a surgeon who would give her a nose job really cheap. When the swelling went down, her nose…
Making the nose job on your face not too plain
January 10, 2016
Closed and open rhinoplasty There are two kinds of rhinoplasty — open rhinoplasty and closed rhinoplasty. In both cases, the surgeon changes the shape of the bone and cartilage under the skin in order to reshape the nose. In a closed rhinoplasty, the doctor makes the incisions inside the nose, hiding them from view and…
The how and why of rhinoplasty
January 3, 2016
A new year, a new nose With the new year about to begin, you may want a new look for yourself that can be brought about through plastic surgery. The second most popular form of facial plastic surgery is rhinoplasty — only eyelid surgery is more popular. Common reasons for a nose job are to…