Wearing eyeglasses after rhinoplasty This is a very common question asked? After rhinoplasty, eyeglasses can be worn a week. Since we place a splint on the bridge of the nose after rhinoplasty, the...
Sun exposure after rhinoplasty
In general, excessive sun exposure is harmful to the skin. The ultraviolet damage leads to sun spots, deepen the lines and the most important of all increases the risk of skin cancer. After the...
The nasolabial angle and columella-lobular angle
The nasolabial angle reflects the angle between the upper lip and the columella. A normal nasolabial angle in males is 90-95 degrees and in females is 100-105 degrees. This angle shows nasal tip...
Supratip break point
This is the slightly depressed area in the most inferior section of the dorsum just superior to the tip. There is a slight angle in this area distinguishing the dorsum from the tip. This is the...
Angle of Divergence
Tip domes are the projected areas where the lower lateral alar cartilages intersect with the medial columellar cartilages. The angle of divergence is the angle between these two domes of the tip....
Tip defining points
The tip defining points are the very anterior projection of the tip cartilages. There is one point on each side of the tip. They should be symmetrical. They produce a light reflex on the tip looking...
Any loss of smell with rhinoplasty?
After rhinoplasty and especially after rhinoseptoplasty (where septum deviation is also corrected), it is quite normal to have a loss of smell for up to 4-6 weeks. It is due to the swelling of the...
Is there any breathing difficulty after rhinoplasty?
Breathing problem is normal after 1 - 2 weeks after rhinoplasty due to swellings. This is not a permanent problem. To weaken the supportive cartilage tissue on the lateral sides for making a finer...
The question of scar tissue in open rhinoplasty
Lately, because open rhinoplasty is preferred mostly, noticeable scar tissue may be questioned by the patients. There is no external incision in a closed rhinoplasty. In open rhinoplasty, there is a...
Rhinoplasty in patients coming from other cities or countries..
It has been easy for patients to reach their doctors from all around the world through social media. In this case, it is recommended to visit us 1 day before the surgery. We become acquainted with...
Does the tip drop after rhinoplasty?
Droopy nose is one of the most important reasons for having a rhinoplasty operation. That's why the patients may question re-dropping of the tip after the operation. The proportions on the nose...
Rasping nasal dorsum
When there is a hump on the bony vault, the nose looks as aquiline. Cutting with osteotomies, reducing with piezo or rasping are the methods to reduce this bony hump in rhinoplasty. Hump reduction...
What happens the day of rhinoplasty?
The exact date of the rhinoplasty operation is scheduled. The patient should fast 7 hours before the operation. Otherwise, the anesthesia wouldn’t give general anesthesia to avoid a possible...
Upper airway infection and rhinoplasty
Upper airway infection with symptoms such as running nose, sneezing, sore throat, cough is an indication of delaying rhinoplasty operation. The anesthesia does not prefer this condition, the surgeon...
Open or closed rhinoplasty….
The main differences between the open and the closed rhinoplasty is that in the open rhinoplasty there is an external incision on the columella reaching the tip and the dorsum easily. In the closed...
After rhinoplasty surgery..
After the operations; we have a few important recommendations….The precautions against swellings are important. Elevations of the head while sleeping, ice packages every 5 minutes per hour the...
Preparation for rhinoplasty operation
As you have chosen your surgeon, make sure that you have talked about all the details on your photos with the simulation programs. This consultation should satisfy both sides. The decision is made...
Rhinoplasty and emotional stability
To be emotionally stable when deciding for rhinoplasty reduces the person's stress, comforts the doctor performing the surgery and increases the surgery's success. The family and friends...
Age limits for rhinoplasty
Rhinoplasty needs maturity for both physical and emotional. If rhinoplasty is performed in a period when the growth continues, then it may disrupt the growth of the facial and the nasal bones ending...
The bruising and swellings after rhinoplasty
Although it varies due to the person’s tissue qualities, generally the bruising and swellings are seen after rhinoplasty surgery for a short period of time. Cold-pack application on the nose...
Is nose bleeding a problem in rhinoplasty?
Nose is rich in various capillary networks. That 's why it easily bleeds due to trauma, changes in weather, infections and systemic problems like hypertension and hematologic diseases. In case...
Is rhinoplasty a painful operation?
Although we use very fine instruments during the operation, rhinoplasty may be fearsome, because there is a process of breaking the nose. After the operation, there is a period of discomfort, but...
The operations that can be combined with rhinoplasty; rhinoplasty and otoplasty
For a face to look nice with a well-done rhinoplasty, it should be lack of other deformities. Prominent ears are one of them. If a single or both ears protrude laterally, then prominent ears attract...
The operations that can be combined with rhinoplasty; rhinoplasty and mentoplasty
For rhinoplasty operation to look successful, the shape and the position of the chin become important. If the chin is way behind a vertical plane dropped from the vermilion of the lower lip, it...
The operations that can be combined with rhinoplasty; rhinoplasty and tonsillectomy
It is painful, still with the help of the analgesics, it becomes relatively tolerable. In great cities, some busy patients may want to solve nose aesthetic and chronic tonsil problems that bother...
The operations that can be combined with rhinoplasty; rhinoplasty and snoring
Snoring is an important complaint. There may be periods of apneas and respiratory disturbances during snoring. If the indexes of these respiratory disturbances and physical states of the patients are...
The operations that can be combined with rhinoplasty; rhinoplasty and sinus surgery
Sinuses are the air cells connected to the nasal cavity. There are 4 paired different named sinuses. They humidify and filter the air entering and lighten the skull and help resonance. If the mucosa...
The operations that can be combined with rhinoplasty; rhinoplasty and turbinoplasty
Inferior turbinates….They are placed in lateral sides of nasal cavities. We shouldn’t confuse them with the adenoids in the children. They have very important functions like warming,...
The operations that can be combined with rhinoplasty; rhinoplasty and septoplasty
The septum is a structure made of cartilage anteriorly and bone posteriorly separating two nasal cavities from each other. 1/3 of the middle nasal vault is made up of the septal dorsum. This...
Pinched nose deformity
The pinched nose deformity results as a complication of the rhinoplasty operation. The tip of the nose looks extremely narrow as if pinched. When there is an excessive resection of the tip cartilages...
Tip problems in revision rhinoplasty
Redefining the shape of the tip is really important in rhinoplasty. Revision tip plasty can address a variety of deformities such as; Tip ptosis (droopy) is where the nasolabial angle is less than 90...
The problems on the nasal dorsum in revision rhinoplasty
It is crucial to stabilize the dorsum of the nose . Revision rhinoplasty can address a variety of deformities such as; The deviation on the dorsum may not be corrected sufficiently, so the nose still...
Why is revision rhinoplasty more difficult?
Rhinoplasty is a hard surgery that doesn’t tolerate even minor undesired results. Revisions are considered in these cases. Revision rhinoplasty is more difficult because of the scar tissue, the...
Revision rhinoplasty – when?
The most appropriate time for the revision rhinoplasty starts from the post-operative period of minimum 6 months. If the patient has had 2 or more revision surgeries before, the new revision for...
Revision Rhinoplasty - why?
Are you happy with your nose new nose? Can you breathe well? Do you like its new shape? Is there still a small hump? Do you have a refined tip? When there are a hesitation and uncertainty about the...
Thin skin in rhinoplasty
Thin skin contains a thin subcutaneous fatty tissue layer. Even a small surgical procedure in thin skin rhinoplasty shows significant visible change on the nose. Postoperative edema and swellings are...
Rhinoplasty and thick skin
The skin covering the nose shows varieties in thicknesses including its connective and fatty tissue. Thick skin has an advantage for the camouflage cover of the underlying cartilage and bone...
Nasal packings and pain after rhinoplasty
There will be definitely no pain after rhinoplasty, just a state of a little discomfort due to the nasal packings.Nasal packings are only used in rhinoplasty when an operation for septal deviation is...
Tip Plasty
Tip plasty is the surgery to improve the appearance of the nasal tip. The nasal tip deformities show varieties such as wide nasal wings, flared nasal tip, drooping nose, bifid nose, asymmetrical...
The operation week in rhinoplasty (early recovery period)
The rhinoplasty procedure needs a period of 1 week. If there is a problem in nasal breathing, we operate inside of the nose and this operation is called rhinoseptoplasty. In rhinoseptoplasty, we put...
Rhinoplasty in the summertime
Rhinoplasty is a surgery that can be done at any time. Our general advice to the patient is to choose the most available and comfortable time for himself or herself. On the contrary to general...
Male rhinoplasty
Rhinoplasty among males has been popular lately. Rhinoplasty is not anymore in the monopoly of women, models, and actors anymore. To look great with self-confidence in the society, the business world...
The result of excessive hump reduction on the bony vault...
The bony vault is the upper 1/3 of the nasal dorsum. It is made up of paired nasal bones. Dorsal hump deformity is described as the excessive projection of the bony nasal vault. This hump may be...
The most compatible nose to the face
The definition of beauty aesthetically is not easy. The harmony, beauty and mathematical proportions are the main complementary issues. Harmony should be maintained due to the skin quality, the shape...
Preoperative rhinoplasty consultations
Preoperative rhinoplasty consultations include taking photographs, analyzing these pictures on photoshop programs, endoscopic examination of the nose and informing the patients about the surgical...
Rhinoplasty and breathing
Rhinoplasty is surgery on the nose to change its shape. However, this nose job should not cause any functional problems like a nasal blockage. Cartilage and bony dorsum of the nose is the roof of the...
Piezo Rhinoplasty
Piezo is an instrument that produces ultrasonic wave from electrical energy. The ultrasound waves which have reached to a special probe cut and shape the nasal bones with small blades. The classical...
Rhinoplasty and its socioeconomic perspective
There are many factors which influence the success of corporate life. Sociocultural level, education level, stable and healthy personality are undoubtedly the major factors. Additionally, the outside...
Why ENT specialists are preferred for rhinoplasty
Nose is one of the fundamental subjects of the ENT specialists. Other than the cosmetic appearance, the patients with functional problems of the nose firstly consult the ENT specialists. Post nasal...
Crooked nose
The crooked nose is the deviation of the nose to one side. It is generally due to trauma or birth defect. Nose aesthetic is the only surgery to correct this deviation. The crooked nose in childhood...
