Corrective nasal surgery is perhaps one of
the most common types of elective surgery
procedures performed today. People who wish
to undergo a rhinoplasty (nose reshaping)
operation usually do so for either cosmetic
results or to repair injuries or hereditary
nasal defects, although a combination of
both factors can also apply.
Nasal blockages can impact greatly on a
person’s life, making breathing difficult in
even the
best of conditions, while people with
unusually large, hooked or crooked
noses have very often run a gauntlet of
ridicule throughout their childhood
and even into their adult life.
In terms of making a nose aesthetically more
appealing to the
patient, a surgeon is able to straighten it
or change its size.
Large noses can be shortened, wide noses
narrowed
and most other deformities corrected to
complement the
patient’s other facial features.
Irregularities, such as bumps on the bridge,
can be removed, and
the opening to the nose can be altered in a
procedure known
as ‘alar base surgery’, whereby pieces of
skin are removed
around the nasal entrance.
In addition, the partition at the
entrance
to the nose can also be
corrected.
The main aim for a surgeon when changing the
shape and size
of a nose is to create a result that blends
naturally with a
patient’s other facial characteristics. The
ideal nose shape for a
woman is quite different from that of a man.
In
general the
best nose for a woman is short
with a slight
concave,
tilting upwards a little at the
base.
A male nose tends to look better with a
straight profile
and a horizontal tip, giving a stronger,
more dominant look.
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