Types of Rhinoplasty

00:00:04.720 --> 00:00:10.160 Rhinoplasty, or nose job that some people call it, is a surgery to enhance your 00:00:10.190 --> 00:00:14.340 facial harmony and the proportions of your nose and your face. 00:00:14.370 --> 00:00:18.720 It reshapes your nose to improve the aesthetic, and in some patients, it can 00:00:18.740 --> 00:00:22.620 also be used to improve your breathing through your nose at the same time. 00:00:22.650 --> 00:00:26.880 A good candidate for rhinoplasty or nose job is someone who wants to improve the 00:00:26.900 --> 00:00:31.840 shape of their nose, the width of their nose, improve the profile of their nose to 00:00:31.870 --> 00:00:35.700 get rid of the bump, or overall enhance the symmetry and the 00:00:35.730 --> 00:00:38.540 harmony of their nose to the rest of their face. 00:00:38.570 --> 00:00:41.120 It can also be used to fix a deformity 00:00:41.150 --> 00:00:45.540 after maybe you've gotten into an accident, and it can also be used to help 00:00:45.570 --> 00:00:48.260 with breathing through your nose at the same time. 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:52.120 People who are a good candidate for rhinoplasty surgery or nose job are people 00:00:52.150 --> 00:00:56.260 who want to improve the overall harmony and shape of their nose related to their 00:00:56.290 --> 00:01:00.500 face, people who want to decrease the width of their nose, to improve the 00:01:00.530 --> 00:01:05.720 profile to get rid of any bump on their nose, and also to refine the tip and the 00:01:05.750 --> 00:01:10.840 shape of their nose to have a more refined aesthetic look, and also people who need 00:01:10.870 --> 00:01:13.340 to improve their breathing at the same time. 00:01:13.360 --> 00:01:16.700 There are different kinds of rhinoplasty, and there's different approaches. 00:01:16.730 --> 00:01:20.930 You can perform an open rhinoplasty or a closed rhinoplasty. 00:01:20.960 --> 00:01:23.600 A closed rhinoplasty is less invasive with 00:01:23.630 --> 00:01:27.260 no incision on the outside, no scars that are visible. 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:31.080 In an open rhinoplasty, in some patients where we have to do a little bit more work 00:01:31.110 --> 00:01:36.290 on the inside in order to access it and to really help us shape the nose, we make a 00:01:36.320 --> 00:01:39.700 tiny little incision on the skin on the outside. 00:01:39.730 --> 00:01:43.980 That scar usually heals very well and is almost imperceptible. 00:01:44.010 --> 00:01:47.780 A rhinoplasty procedure takes anywhere from 2–3 hours. 00:01:47.810 --> 00:01:50.210 You go home the same day. 00:01:50.240 --> 00:01:52.200 You'll have some bruising on your face and 00:01:52.230 --> 00:01:56.850 usually, a splint on the outside that you can't go out in public with. 00:01:56.880 --> 00:02:00.520 But you'll feel fine. After about one week, you come back to the 00:02:00.550 --> 00:02:04.260 office, we take off the splint, we take out any stitches. 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:07.020 By that time, you can go back to your normal activities. 00:02:07.050 --> 00:02:08.660 You can go back to work. 00:02:08.690 --> 00:02:11.140 You just can't play any sports or any 00:02:11.170 --> 00:02:13.610 strenuous physical activity for a few weeks. 00:02:13.640 --> 00:02:15.240 In our practice for patients who are 00:02:15.270 --> 00:02:19.730 getting rhinoplasty, we always use 3D photography and virtual 00:02:19.760 --> 00:02:25.480 surgical imaging so that we can review the plan for the surgery and show the results 00:02:25.510 --> 00:02:31.640 three-dimensionally on the computer screen before surgery, and make sure that our 00:02:31.670 --> 00:02:36.580 vision for what you need in rhinoplasty is in line with your vision. 00:02:36.610 --> 00:02:41.600 We can address the areas of concern so that we know what to expect after surgery.