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“There’s no one rhinoplasty that fits all noses. If you look at noses there’s no one nose that is identical to another nose, thery’re all different. And we feel each rhinoplasty must be individualized taken in to race, gender, those are the big things.”

“Rhinoplasty has actually two benefits, improving facial aesthetics and also improving nasal function. The nose has a very strong psychological effect on one’s self self-image and can decrease one’s self confidence.”

“The goal of rhinoplasty is to provide more harmony to the face. When a good rhinoplasty has been done, often no one will know, but they’ll notice other things about your looks, they’ll notice your eyes more, or your smile more.”

“I am so glad that I went ahead and chose to go ahead with the rhinoplasty procedure. I feel like it’s brought out the other features I have and you can see more of me and I’m just thrilled. “

“The difference between a closed and open rhinoplasty is how the structures of the nose are viewed. With a closed rhinoplasty all the incisions are made on the inside of the nose and you have to view the nose from the inside, which is a little more challenging.”

“With an open rhinoplasty, an incision is open on the outside of the nose which allows you to lift the skin of the nose up, like you’re raising the hood of a car and basically look right in and see what’s going on.”

“In open rhinoplasties there tends to be significantly more swelling in the tip of the nose, after a closed rhino, we take the splint off in about a week and the nose looks very, very similar to what the final result is going to be because there is very, very minimal swelling in the nose. With an open rhinoplasty there tends to be more swelling in the tip of the nose and it can take several weeks or months to get the final result.”

“Primary rhinoplasty refers to first time nasal surgery, whether it’s for cosmetic or functional reasons. This is accomplished by removing the excess bone and cartilage from underneath the skin. After the newly shaped framework is completed the skin is re-draped to give the nose its new appearance.”

“It’s very easy to tell when the nose has been done poorly because it’s such a prominent feature and it’s the type of structure that becomes harder and harder to operate on each time and so you really have one time to do it well and do it right and make sure that the nose matches the person’s features that you’re not just putting the same type of nose on every face and that you’re trying to make changes that are going to fit and be congruent with the features that someone naturally has on their face and preserves their ethnicity.”

“Because of its difficulty, it’s very important that the patient chose a highly qualified surgeon to perform any type of secondary rhinoplasty.”

"Most patients who come in asking about correction of the appearance of their nose are concerned that their nose looks more prominent than they feel it should.”

“Occasionally there will be a bump along the dorsem of the nose, occasionally the tip will be wider than they like, and there are a whole host of other minor variance or abnormalities that they would like to see corrected."

"I broke my nose playing lacrosse in college and I wasn't able to breathe very well and I was not happy with my profile.

"I decided to have the surgery and I'm very happy that I did. The best thing about surgery is that nobody's really able to tell the difference from the front, I'm able to see the difference in my profile and for those people who know they already see a difference in my profile, and it's important because I am still running, I still play lacrosse and it's really helped because it's opened up my airway and it's made things a lot easier."

"The recovery from a rhinoplasty is usually about a week to two weeks depending on some of the swelling and bruising. Patients usually experience just some mild discomfort, maybe some stuffiness like they have a stuffy nose, but typically don't have a lot of pain. And the results, the patients are usually just very, very happy with."