Nose reduction: low-traumatic rhinoplasty method

Rhinoplasty has been one of the most requested plastic surgeries for many years. Every day, hundreds of women and men around the world turn to plastic surgeons in connection with the need to reduce the nose. Almost any defect on the body can be hidden under clothing, but the face – this is an area that is accessible to the gaze of absolutely any person. Modern plastic surgery provides an opportunity to correct the shape of the nose, giving it the desired shape. The only thing that can stop the patient in his desire – This is the fear of the trauma of the operation. Estet-portal.com talks about the low-traumatic technique of reducing rhinoplasty, which is popular today.

Effective nose reduction surgery

A person's nose is the most prominent part of their face, and the more it "protrudes", the more noticeable patient-friendly results of surgery. In modern rhinoplasty, "especially popular" enjoy long hooked noses. Correcting such a shape of the nose is quite difficult, and surgery in most cases is quite traumatic for the patient.

Among the many rhinoplasty techniques, each plastic surgeon chooses his own proven ways to reduce the nose.

It is very important to minimize the trauma of the operation and provide the patient with a short and most comfortable rehabilitation period.

Nose reduction:

preparation for surgical nose reduction;
low-traumatic rhinoplasty technique for nose reduction;
results and possible complications after nose reduction.

Preparation for nose reduction surgery

The volume of surgery and the result that the surgeon wants to achieve is determined primarily by the profile of the patient. It is the profile projection that is the key to determining the required amount of correction. In such a projection, it is possible to assess the convexity of the contour of the back of the nose and identify its excess length. The required amount of nose reduction, that is, raising its tip, is estimated based on the subnasal and profile angles. In relation to the frontal projection, the requirements are reduced to shortening the columella and narrowing the tip and back of the nose. It is important to consider that the tip of the nose should not be more than twice as wide as the back of the nose, and it should not be narrower than the back of the nose.

Low-traumatic rhinoplasty technique for nose reduction

A good aesthetic effect and minimal trauma for the patient is provided by nose reduction using the following technique:

if necessary, the frenulum of the upper lip is lengthened;
turbine correction is also performed if necessary, and septoplasty – in the presence of a curvature of the nasal septum;
next, the surgeon rotates the tip of the nose and shortens it;
sculpture of the tip of the nose is performed with projection reduction, if necessary;
after that, the bone and cartilage parts of the nasal hump are removed with correction of the angle of the septum;
incisions are sutured;
if necessary, the width of the nostrils is reduced;
narrowing of the back of the nose;
at the last stage of the operation, turundas are inserted into the nasal passages and a plaster cast is applied.

Results and possible complications after nose reduction

Nose reduction, which is performed according to the above algorithm, allows you to achieve the best possible results. Almost 100% of patients are satisfied with the result of the operation, which can be assessed after the removal of the plaster cast. Among the complications of such an operation, bleeding in the postoperative period, perforation of the nasal septum, impaired smell and nasal breathing can be distinguished. But such complications occur in a very small percentage of cases.