What are Rhinoplasty Techniques?
Rhinoplasty surgery is performed under general anesthesia and open and closed techniques are used depending on the needs of the patient. Rhinoplasty techniques:
Open rhinoplasty technique
Open rhinoplasty is preferred in revision rhinoplasty or in nose surgeries that require serious changes. In open rhinoplasty, the skin of the nose is lifted and surgery is performed in such a way that the bone and cartilage tissues forming the tip and back of the nose are exposed.
Closed rhinoplasty technique
In closed rhinoplasty, an incision is made through the nose and the surgery is performed in this way. There is no incision outside the nose.
What are the surgical methods in rhinoplasty?
Rhinoplasty is a surgical technique used to change the shape and size of the nose. The most common surgical techniques used for rhinoplasty are the following:
Reduction Rhinoplasty
The dorsal part of the nose has a bone structure above and a cartilage structure below. In this technique, the protrusions on the back of the nose (nasal arch, hump) are cut and removed to give the nose a natural and aesthetic appearance. During this procedure, the weakness in the bone-cartilage transition area must be repaired. If there is not enough repair here, it may cause aesthetic and functional problems during healing.
Preservation Rhinoplasty
In this method, the protrusions on the back of the nose (nasal arch, hump) are corrected by displacing them into the nose without cutting and removing them as in the reduction rhinoplasty method. In this procedure, the integrity of the protrusions is preserved.
In the protective rhinoplasty method, two different surgeries, push down and let down, can be used together or separately. Push down is preferred for mild changes and let down is preferred for severe changes. In this method, the natural structure of the nasal dorsum is preserved.
This method; It is applied in patients who do not have significant bone protrusion or asymmetry, who have predominantly cartilaginous arches, who do not have an obliquity extending to the back of the nose and who have not undergone surgery before.
Ultrasonic, Piezo, Diamond ve Precision Rhinoplasty
Ultrasonic, piezo, diamond and precision rhinoplasty are methods used to shape only the bone structures of the nose. With this method, cutting and shaping is performed with micro vibrations on the bone structure and the surrounding soft tissues are not damaged. The biggest advantage is that the bones cut with this method heal in a faster time.
Crooked, Overprojected, Droopy nasal tip
Piezo Rhinoplasty
Precision Rhinoplasty
Tip Rhinoplasty - Nose Tip Surgery
It is a method in which only the deformities at the tip of the cartilage structure are corrected without any intervention to the nasal structures.
It is applied to correct nasal tip drooping and asymmetries, to reduce the nasal tips and nostrils, to correct the cartilages that narrow the nasal entrance, and to clarify the nasal tip point.
Since there is no intervention to the bone structure during the operation, bruising and swelling around the eyes are usually not seen. Since a short-term bandage is applied, the patient's return to daily life is fast.
The most appropriate surgical technique is determined by a specialist plastic surgeon after an examination.
Crooked, Overprojected, Droopy Nasal Tip Surgery
What are the non-surgical methods in rhinoplasty?
When non-surgical rhinoplasty methods are preferred, the patient should know that the procedure is not permanent. Non-surgical methods can be listed as fillers, rope hanger (French hanger), fillers, hydrogen peroxide peeling, radiofrequency, laser treatment. None of these provide transformation and change as much as rhinoplasty.
Rhinoplasty was performed on our patient, who had nose fillers nearly 10 times before.
Is open or closed nose surgery better?
Since the anatomy of the nose is clearly seen during open nose surgery, it is easier for the ENT specialist surgeon to give the desired shape and to make interventions to gain nasal functions. However, an experienced surgeon achieves very successful results in the closed technique and there is no scar hidden under the nose after surgery. In the closed technique, the scar remains inside the nose.
This article is for informational and advisory purposes. The recommendations of your surgeon, who will examine you and perform nose surgery, should be a priority.
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