First published in A2: Aesthetic Surgery and Anti-Aging magazine (2014) Successful Rhinoplasty – the cosmetic reshaping of the nose – depends ultimately on three factors, training, skill, and experience. So how, in this complicated, specialised field of surgery, does a prospective patient ultimately identify a good cosmetic surgeon? Rhinoplasty, no matter which way you define […]
First published in A2: Aesthetic Surgery and Anti-Aging magazine (2014) A misshapen nose can undermine one’s confidence and self-esteem. This suggests that the benefits of Rhinoplasty are psychological. Some surgeons define a ‘nose job’ as, ‘psycho-surgery;’ the result, an almost instantaneous resolution of a previously held inferiority complex. Since the nose is the most prominent […]
First published in A2: Aesthetic Surgery and Anti-Aging magazine (2013) ‘Botched’ cosmetic surgery is never more devastating than when the disfigurement narrates its sad story on the most visible part of the face, the nose. A patient can sometimes conceal a disappointing result with a scarf, or under layers of makeup; but not the nose. […]
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Rhinoplasty – Wikipedia Rhinoplasty (Greek: ῥίς rhis, nose + πλάσσειν plassein, to shape), also nose job, is a plastic surgery procedure for correcting and reconstructing the form, restoring the functions, and aesthetically enhancing the nose, by resolving nasal trauma (blunt, penetrating, blast), congenital defect, respiratory impediment, and a failed primary rhinoplasty. In the surgeries — […]
Article Courtesy of : American Medical Association Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery Surgical Technique Arch Facial Plast Surg Jul/Aug 2007 2007;9(4):285-289. Pieter F. Swanepoel, MD; Robert Fysh Laminated Dorsal Beam Graft to Eliminate Postoperative Twisting Complications Abstract Preshaped laminated dorsal beam grafts, cut and shaped, from lyophilized rib cartilage eliminate postoperative complications in the correction […]