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‘The art and science of nasal surgery’
‘The art and science of nasal surgery’
Proportion and balance determine symmetry and beauty
Rhinoplasty – cosmetic or plastic surgery of the nose – is not simply about medical science and technical expertise.
It is also about aesthetic appreciation and visual-spatial skills. Knowledge of
the correct proportions makes all the difference to nasal surgery results.
The ideal nose conforms to smooth triangular shapes, which is why the Nose
Clinic applies a system of triangles to achieve the optimum individualised
results for every patient.
It is also about aesthetic appreciation and visual-spatial skills. Knowledge of
the correct proportions makes all the difference to nasal surgery results.
The ideal nose conforms to smooth triangular shapes, which is why the Nose
Clinic applies a system of triangles to achieve the optimum individualised
results for every patient.
The Nose Clinic uses triangular overlays and digital previews to plan the aesthetic proportions of the nose.
MAINTAINING THE IDEAL BALANCE
Cosmetic surgery requires many skills, one of the most important being aesthetic appreciation – a finely judged awareness of beauty and an intuitive grasp of balanced proportions. Nasal surgery is particularly demanding in this regard. Inaccurate or less than optimum results can affect the entire face, with devastating effects on a patient’s appearance and self-esteem — just ask any of the Nose Clinic’s ‘redo’ patients (46% of the total number) who come to us for revision surgery to correct disappointing results produced elsewhere.
THE GEOMETRY OF BEAUTY
While most noses correspond to basic geometric shapes, every individual nose exhibits subtle variants. It requires talent and skill to assess the underlying anatomical structure of a face. If you deconstruct your own face, for example, you’ll see that your features correspond to triangles, with your eyes forming an inverted pyramid in relation to your mouth and chin. Underlying these triangles, your nose has 240 anatomical variations, each of which will affect the functional and aesthetic outcome of your nasal surgery.
LOCAL CHANGE, GLOBAL RESULTS
The beauty of nasal surgery is that it brings about local change – but has a global effect. Simply put, rhinoplasty can vastly improve not only the appearance of your nose, but that of your entire face. While we encourage our patients to choose nasal surgery for their own satisfaction – not to please partners or friends – they often find that, after surgery, they don’t only enjoy new-found self-confidence, but that family, friends and colleagues react more positively towards them. We all strive, consciously or unconsciously, for beautifully balanced proportions!
EXTERNAL TRIANGLES
The anatomy of the nose can easily be understood in terms of triangular shapes. The external anatomy or shape of the nose is divided into triangles and thirds. Whether you view your nose from the front, side or bottom, the shape remains a triangle.
Rhinoplasty – External Triangles
This focal point can therefore be described as a three-sided triangle set in the middle third of your face. The nose itself can be divided into three distinct parts. The upper third has a bone structure. The two lower thirds are made of flexible upper and lower lateral cartilages.
- The lateral triangle or side view represents the outline of the ideal profile. The shape of the nose should not overlap the sides of the triangle.
- When viewed from the front, the triangle defines the outline of the ideal nose. Again, the nose should not overlap the outline of the triangle.
- Even when viewed from below, the nose should retain the triangular shape. The nostrils should not overlap the triangular outline.
INTERNAL TRIANGLES
Rhinoplasty – Functional Anatomy
The septum is made of cartilage and bone and divides the interior of the nose into two triangular spaces. These spaces are usually about the same size. On the lateral sides of the nasal cavity you will find the three turbinates — consisting of fixed bone and soft tissues — that swell or shrink in response to different stimulants or conditions.
1. Your nose should comfortably conform to the ideal triangle. We reshape it by trimming or repositioning the nasal bones and the upper and lower lateral cartilages. Incisions are made inside the nose.
2. We trim the nasal bones to reduce the height of the upper third of the nose.
3. The middle third of the nose is reduced by trimming the upper lateral cartilage and the septum.
4. Shortening the septum and the upper lateral cartilages can raise the tip of your nose.
5. We shape the tip of your nose by trimming the lower lateral cartilages.
6. This is the result. Your nose corresponds to the model triangle, enhancing the overall appearance of your face.
( John B. Tebbits. 1989. Primary Rhinoplasty: a new approach to the logic and techniques. Mosby )
Nose tip projection in relationship to the chin.
This is a sub-optimal (poor) result. Notice how the tip of the nose droops.
Here is a good result. Notice how a ‘tip rotation’ sharpens the profile
She underwent Rhinoplasty
The Ideal Nose – achieving a good Rhinoplasty Result
‘The art and science of nasal surgery’
Proportion and balance determine symmetry and beauty
Rhinoplasty – cosmetic or plastic surgery of the nose – is not simply about medical science and technical expertise.
It is also about aesthetic appreciation and visual-spatial skills. Knowledge of
the correct proportions makes all the difference to nasal surgery results.
The ideal nose conforms to smooth triangular shapes, which is why the Nose
Clinic applies a system of triangles to achieve the optimum individualized
results for every patient.
It is also about aesthetic appreciation and visual-spatial skills. Knowledge of
the correct proportions makes all the difference to nasal surgery results.
The ideal nose conforms to smooth triangular shapes, which is why the Nose
Clinic applies a system of triangles to achieve the optimum individualized
results for every patient.
The Nose Clinic uses triangular overlays and digital previews to plan the aesthetic proportions of the nose.
MAINTAINING THE IDEAL BALANCE
Cosmetic surgery requires many skills, one of the most important being aesthetic appreciation – a finely judged awareness of beauty and an intuitive grasp of balanced proportions. Nasal surgery is particularly demanding in this regard. Inaccurate or less than optimum results can affect the entire face, with devastating effects on a patient’s appearance and self-esteem — just ask any of the Nose Clinic’s ‘redo’ patients (46% of the total number) who come to us for revision surgery to correct disappointing results produced elsewhere.
THE GEOMETRY OF BEAUTY
While most noses correspond to basic geometric shapes, every individual nose exhibits subtle variants. It requires talent and skill to assess the underlying anatomical structure of a face. If you deconstruct your own face, for example, you’ll see that your features correspond to triangles, with your eyes forming an inverted pyramid in relation to your mouth and chin. Underlying these triangles, your nose has 240 anatomical variations, each of which will affect the functional and aesthetic outcome of your nasal surgery.
LOCAL CHANGE, GLOBAL RESULTS
The beauty of nasal surgery is that it brings about local change – but has a global effect. Simply put, rhinoplasty can vastly improve not only the appearance of your nose, but that of your entire face. While we encourage our patients to choose nasal surgery for their own satisfaction – not to please partners or friends – they often find that, after surgery, they don’t only enjoy new-found self-confidence, but that family, friends and colleagues react more positively towards them. We all strive, consciously or unconsciously, for beautifully balanced proportions!
EXTERNAL TRIANGLES
The anatomy of the nose can easily be understood in terms of triangular shapes. The external anatomy or shape of the nose is divided into triangles and thirds. Whether you view your nose from the front, side or bottom, the shape remains a triangle.
Rhinoplasty – External Triangles
This focal point can therefore be described as a three-sided triangle set in the middle third of your face. The nose itself can be divided into three distinct parts. The upper third has a bone structure. The two lower thirds are made of flexible upper and lower lateral cartilages.
- The lateral triangle or side view represents the outline of the ideal profile. The shape of the nose should not overlap the sides of the triangle.
- When viewed from the front, the triangle defines the outline of the ideal nose. Again, the nose should not overlap the outline of the triangle.
- Even when viewed from below, the nose should retain the triangular shape. The nostrils should not overlap the triangular outline.
INTERNAL TRIANGLES
Rhinoplasty – Functional Anatomy
The septum is made of cartilage and bone and divides the interior of the nose into two triangular spaces. These spaces are usually about the same size. On the lateral sides of the nasal cavity you will find the three turbinates — consisting of fixed bone and soft tissues — that swell or shrink in response to different stimulants or conditions.
1. Your nose should comfortably conform to the ideal triangle. We reshape it by trimming or repositioning the nasal bones and the upper and lower lateral cartilages. Incisions are made inside the nose.
2. We trim the nasal bones to reduce the height of the upper third of the nose.
3. The middle third of the nose is reduced by trimming the upper lateral cartilage and the septum.
4. Shortening the septum and the upper lateral cartilages can raise the tip of your nose.
5. We shape the tip of your nose by trimming the lower lateral cartilages.
6. This is the result. Your nose corresponds to the model triangle, enhancing the overall appearance of your face.
( John B. Tebbits. 1989. Primary Rhinoplasty: a new approach to the logic and techniques. Mosby )
Nose tip projection in relationship to the chin.
This is a sub-optimal (poor) result. Notice how the tip of the nose droops.
Here is a good result. Notice how a ‘tip rotation’ sharpens the profile
Surgical Rhinoplasty: Correcting Nose Features
The goal of aesthetic nose surgery is to create a nose that is proportional to other parts of the face, has a good inhaling and exhaling function and is not recognized by others as a nose that has gone aesthetic surgery.
The most popular aesthetic surgery in our country is definitely rhinoplasty.
Patients, who are not happy with the shape of their nose because it attracts attention at first glance, refer to plastic surgeons.The goal of aesthetic nose surgery is to create a nose that is proportional to other parts of the face, has a good inhaling and exhaling function and is not recognized by others as a nose that has gone aesthetic surgery.
The most popular aesthetic surgery in our country is definitely rhinoplasty. Patients, who are not happy with the shape of their nose because it attracts attention at first glance, refer to plastic surgeons.
Taking into account, your facial structure and the physical properties of your nose, your doctor can provide you with an idea as to how your nose would look after the surgery by making changes on a digital image of your face. Prior to this operation the patient should be examined and the doctor should understand the expectations of the patient thoroughly and the doctor should provide the patient with feedback explaining to what extent these expectations can be met.Because every patient has a different skin, cartilage and bone structure, results of the operation would vary from patient to patient. Thus, your doctor will inform you as to the expected results based on your anatomic features.
Aesthetic nose surgery can be applied to any person aged 18 and above with no serious health conditions. These operations are done to correct not only the physical features but also airflow problems that prevent inhaling in patients.
These operations are usually carried out under general anesthesia. Depending on the nose structure and properties of the patient, the operation can be carried out with the closed or the open technique. With the open technique, an incision is made right under the nose but this heals quickly most of the time and only a barely noticeable scar remains. With the closed technique, on the other hand, all incisions required for the operation are made through the nose holes and no scars form.
After the surgery, the nose is covered with plaster cast and remains so for 7-10 days. And a stype is placed inside this cast. Because we mostly use silicone stypes at our clinic, the patients don’t experience the same pain as they do with cloth stypes during stype removal.
Following the surgery, there might be bruises and swellings around the nose and the eyes and these would usually heal within 3-4 weeks. However, it takes around 3-6 months for the swellings and hardness inside the nose that are invisible from outside to heal and for the nose to have a gentler look.
What are some undesirable conditions that might occur after the surgery?
Some of the unwanted conditions are bleeding, infection and anesthetic complications and sometimes a second retouching might be necessary in 5-10% of the patients.
Medical Rhinoplasty: Botox and Dermal Fillers
More and more Surgeons are moving away from traditional Rhinoplasty (Corrective Nose Surgery) in favour of less invasive options with Botox and Dermal Fillers.
Surgical Rhinoplasty is an extremely popular plastic surgery procedure worldwide. The surgery itself unfortunately is extremely complicated and the risks are significant. Popularity versus time in theatre and risk has propelled the surgical world into finding faster, safer and more efficient ways to cosmetically alter a person’s nose.
Most Cosmetic Nose Surgery involves alteration to the bridge of the nose or the tip of the nose, or both. The dissection is complicated in the nose as the nasal scaffold of bone, muscle and cartilage all need to be manipulated, leading to increased risk and long recovery times. This same scaffold however is the perfect base to stabilise Botox and Dermal Fillers and more and more Doctors are turning to these non-surgical options to get their patients their desired cosmetic nose results.
Nose tip correction using Restylane
The Medical Rhinoplasty
The non-surgical treatment of the nose or Medical Rhinoplasty has become of prime importance. During the procedure there is no change to the nasal scaffold and no risk of deformity. Also the products used in the Medical Rhinoplasty have significant clinical data detailing their safety.
There is of course sill some risk involved with the Medical Rhinoplasty and as a patient you need to seek out an experienced injector with an in depth knowledge of nasal anatomy. Knowledge of Nasal anatomy will allow your Aesthetic Physician to obtain a good aesthetic result by combining the mobile elements in the nose with the static bone structure and surrounding facial features.
A good aesthetic result by combining the mobile elements in the nose with the static bone structure and surrounding facial features.
Medical Rhinoplasty can be used as a precursor to invasive surgery but it is becoming more and more popular as a regular treatment option. In combination Botox and Dermal Fillers can be used as a non-permanent correction for:
Nose asymmetry
Deformity correction
Nose tip repositioning
Nostril repositioning
Nose Bridge straightening
Your nose after all takes up one third of the face and forms an integral part of facial aesthetics. It great to know that clinical papers are currently being presented promoting the Medical Rhinoplasty in favour of surgical intervention.
Nose Aesthetics: Facts about Rhinoplasty
The Keystone of the Face
The nose is located in the center of the ‘communication band’, that is, the area of the face where people first look at you, which also encompasses the eyes. For this reason, there is often some anxiety about its appearance.
Rhinoplasty – And The Nose You Want
A rhinoplasty will alter the shape and appearance of your nose. Rhinoplasty creates the new look by changing the underlying cartilage and bone. Nose surgery can make:
A large nose smaller
A wide nose thinner
A long nose shorter
Refine a big or drooping tip
Straighten a crooked alignment
In most rhinoplasty procedures, surgery removes a hump or re-builds a flat nose. The possibilities are endless and after a detailed consultation we tailor the operation that addresses your concerns. Importantly surgery to the nose
should enhance your airway.
Your first step!
The key to a successful rhinoplasty is accurate information and good communication, and it’s the reason I have compiled the “Making The Right Choices” report.
The “Rhinoplasty Report” explains:
Understanding nasal structure and its importance in rhinoplasty
The importance of nasal assessment
Why computer imaging by YOUR surgeon is important
Defines unusual variations and their correction
What are the your options
The inter-relationship between body image self esteem and nasal surgery.
Rhinoplasty: Alar Base Reduction Technique
Intraoperative views of alar wedge and sill excisions. A, Both alar flaring and sill excess are present. B, Open rhinoplasty is performed with increased tip projection and a modest change in the nostril shape. C, Incisions are placed to remove flare and to enter the nasal sill medially to the alar insertions, preserving the lateral ala. On the patient’s left (C), flare and sill excisions have been carried out, and markings show the planned excision on the patient’s right. The oblique marking line (C) is useful for realigning the alar segment after the sill excess has been removed. D, Flare and sill reduction are completed bilaterally.
Comments: Although the client seems to be liking nose with small Alar Base(pic D), but in my view, his nose was better off with only tip reinforcement leaving alone the wide alar base intact, i-e, nose as shown in pic B. In the pic B Nostril size is in proportion with the mass in reinforced tip. Compare pic B to the view in pic D where tip vs nostrils size proportion once again is out as it was origionally in pic A.
Common Reasons For Nose Reshaping
There may be as many reasons to have a nose job as there are noses. But it is important to know what can and cannot be changed and what rhinoplasty can and cannot do for you.
When you first go on see a plastic surgeon for a consultation, you will tell him or her how you want your nose to look. You will describe what you think is the perfect nose for you. Your surgeon will then tell you what he or she thinks is the best nose for you and will tell you what nose reshaping is surgically possible. What you want may not be what is aesthetically best for your nose, or may not be surgically possible without impairing the function of your nose.
Understand that it is easier to take away than to add to a nose. Once the nose has been reduced, it may be very difficult to go back up a size if you went too far during your initial nose reshaping surgery. You have to have good communication with your surgeon.
You might want to start collecting pictures of what type of nose you want. You can bring them to your consultation to show the surgeon. But be realistic! Those noses may not be good for you for any number of reasons.
Of course, you may need surgery on your nose if you have breathing problems caused by a deviated septum or other blockages or recurrent infections. Here is a list of the most common cosmetic reasons for wanting rhinoplasty, both the realistic ones and irrational ones.
Cosmetic problems that can realistically be helped by rhinoplasty:
Too big a nose
Too flat a nose
A hump or bump in the middle of the nose
Too wide or fat a nose
Too thin a nose
Too long a nose
Too short a nose
Too pinched-looking a nose
Scooped nose
A hanging columnella (the piece of skin and cartilage between the nostrils)
A crooked nose
Asymmetry, in general
A bifid tip (a ditch or cleft on the tip between the two tip cartilages)
Dents
A build up of scar tissue from breaks
A hooked nose
A “piggish” nose
Too pointy
Too bulbous
Not angled enough
Angled too much
Ethnic nose
Irrational or unrealistic reasons for a rhinoplasty wanting nose reshaping surgery:
To attract a mate or rekindle the affection of the mate you have
To gain popularity
Self-image problems
Low self-esteem due to emotional issues not connected to your appearance
Because someone else thinks you need a nose job
You might want to have nose reshaping a nose job because you think it will help your career. Certainly, if you are in the entertainment industry, this could make sense. If you are an accountant, it might not make as much sense, but everyone wants to look better, so why not? Just understand that having a rhinoplasty won’t make up for poor accounting skills.
Just be sure that you are having surgery for yourself and for no one else. Make sure that you understand that changing your nose will not change any other factor in your life.Don’t try to trick yourself into thinking you want it for the right reasons if you really want it for the wrong ones. It will save you a lot of grief (and money) down the road.
The Ideal Nose
| Question: What is the ideal nose? Answer: The “ideal” nose is a nose that is in harmony with the other favorable features of your face. The “ideal” shape for a male or female nose is an aesthetic concept that has its roots in our perception of beauty. This cannot be completely boiled down to lines and numbers — there is always an indescribable “artistic” element. However, by studying beauty, and faces that are universally felt to be beautiful, artists and plastic surgeons can arrive at some guidelines or proportions that represent the “aesthetic ideal.” Leonardo da Vinci was among the first to make such studies of beauty and aesthetic proportions. He and other artists have been joined in this pursuit by facial plastic surgeons, whose job entails understanding beauty and then making changes that enhance the beauty of their patients. What follows are the lines and measurements that facial plastic surgeons have in their heads as a guideline to the aesthetic ideal. They are reprinted with permission from Rhinoplasty Dissection Manual, by Dr. Toriumi and Dr. Becker. You may be satisfied to realize that these lines, numbers and measurements exist; of course, on the other hand, you should feel free to study them and become more of an “expert!” The first two figures below point out major surface reference points. These are essential to allow you to understand the material presented later on this page.
SURFACE ANGLES, PLANES & MEASUREMENTS
Question: Teach me some the characteristics of the “ideal” male nose and female nose.
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Facial thirds:
Horizontal fifths:
Frankfort plane:
Nasofrontal angle:
Nasal projection: (Figure 5)
Nasofacial angle:
Nasomental angle:
Relationship of lips
Mentocervical angle:
Nasolabial angle:
From the side, too much or too little “columellar show” is undesirable. Because there are three possible configurations for the columella (normal, hanging, or retracted) and also three for the nostril rim or ala (normal, hanging, or retracted) there are NINE possible configurations for the alar-columellar relationship. These are shown here. The surgeon must diagnose which of these nine configurations exists in you.Columellar show:
