How does Rhinoplasty Surgery Work?

Rhinoplasty surgery is regarded as one of the most demanding cosmetic surgeries as the surgeon has to be highly skilled in nasal contour. Patients should always keep an eye out for the skill level of the surgeon as there have been many errors throughout rhinoplasty. Even the best of cosmetic surgeons make errors so it’s one of the surgeries one should be always looking out for. Consult a well-known surgeon with a high success rate and learn of any potential risks that may occur during the surgery from your surgeon.

How does rhinoplasty surgery work? 

The patient is first prepped and draped in an operating theater with one or two surgeons and a nurse. Anesthesia is used on the patient or anesthetics to numb the area around the nose. The surgery may proceed from two paths here on out, open or closed.

Closed or endonasal rhinoplasty is done inside the nose which leads to no visible scars. However it is difficult to contour the nasal skin as the left and right nostrils are not connected. The nasal cartilage is also distorted in most cases due to this and a lack of surgical access. Open rhinoplasty or external rhinoplasty is one of the better methods according to surgeons as the skin around the nose can be folded and the nasal skeleton can be revealed which allows for accurate nasal contour. Accuracy of the surgery increases and distortion of the cartilage around the nose is diminished however this is only due to a small incision that is done across the nose, known as a trans-columellar incision which connects the left and right nostrils together. More surgeons prefer the open approach as it enables much more complicated cases to be done easily.

Assuming the surgery is done using open rhinoplasty. The septal cartilage is removed using an incision with a scalpel and the nasal bridge is then reshaped using a small hammer which leads to the removal of the bony hump. Then the strut graft is inserted which basically is the artificial bone of the nose. The swivel knife is then used to correct the deviated septum of the nose. The tip of the nasal cartilage is then moved upwards or in a more natural form. Finally the nasal skin is stretched back onto the cartilage and the incision is sealed back. There is a visible scar but it heals quickly and the nose then takes the shape of the new strut graft which has no deformities or defects that leads to a much more refined and sharp look.

These surgeries are one of the most common surgeries that people undergo. This can be due to a variety of reasons that ultimately stems from the person’s own dissatisfaction with the size or shape of their nose. This is triggered by a another multitude of reasons, people may have been picked on for their nose, self-esteem issues or they just want to look better which is why a lot of models and famous actors have gotten a nose job themselves in order to look a lot more perfect and stand out from the rest of the crowd.