Rhinoplasty & Nasal Septum Surgery

Rhinoplasty is a surgery to revise the nose to the patient’s desired appearance and functionality. It can be categorized as:

• Cosmetic rhinoplasty improves the appearance of their nose in relation their face
• Functional rhinoplasty It’s a medical requirement in order to help patient breathe cor-rectly after a traumatic injuries or cancer treatments. This type of reconstructive sur-gery also corrects birth defects and deviated septum.

How is Rhinoplasty done?

• During the procedure, surgeon will make an incision within the nostrils (closed rhinop-lasty). Or can make an incision across the tissues between the nostrils as well as within the nostrils. (open rhinoplasty).
• The skin covering the nasal bones and cartilage is raised.
• The underlying bone and cartilage are reduced or rearranged to create a new shape or fix a deviated septum.
• The skin covering the nasal bones and cartilage is replaced.
• Small dissolvable stitches are used to secure the skin in place.

Who should go for Rhinoplasty?

People may get rhinoplasty to:

• Improve overall appearance.
• Correction of a birth defect
• Deviated nasal septum
• Repair a facial fracture, such as a broken nose.
• Restore breathing function after cancer treatments, traumatic injuries or burns.