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Wellesley, MA
This young lady is shown one year after a rhinoplasty and septoplasty. She wanted a narrower nose, a reduced profile with a natural upturned tip that didn't droop when she smiled, and to improve her breathing. As with most patients, she wanted to know what her nose would look like after the swelling went down, and so I shared the immediate post-op photos from the operating room on the day of surgery to allow her to get an idea of her final results and to have something to look forward to while the swelling improved over time. To speed up the swelling resolution, my common practice is to see patients every 1-2 months after surgery to inject steroids into the nose, especially the tip area, which takes the longest time to heal. Full views of her final results are shown. Also notice how the tip stays in the perfect position even when smiling, from both the left and right views. The overall goal is to always maintain a natural result. Key maneuvers include a component hump reduction, reverse-angulated caudal septal trim, extended spreader grafts locked into a columellar strut graft, extended alar contour grafts, and a hybrid tip graft, all to help provide long-term stability and structure to maintain the aesthetic and functional goals.
Age: 23
Location of Incision: open/columelar
Components of Procedure: Instrinsic spreder using upper lateral cartilages
Years between operation and 'after' photos: 1