RHINOPLASTY
OVERVIEW
One of the most common plastic surgery procedures, rhinoplasty is performed to reshape, reduce or augment a person’s nose. It can also remove a hump, narrow nostril width or change the angle between the nose and the mouth, or correct injury, birth defects or other problems that affect breathing. Results depend on the patient’s nasal bone and cartilage structure, facial shape, skin thickness and age (teenagers should have had their growth spurt).
HOW IS A NOSE JOB PERFORMED?
Dr. Vega uses one of two techniques: the incision is made either within the nostrils, which completely hides the scars, or across the columella (the vertical strip of tissue separating the nostrils), which leaves small scars that are hidden on the underside of the base. In both procedures, the skin is lifted, the bone and cartilage sculpted, and the skin replaced and stitched closed.
RHINOPLASTY PROCEDURE
RHINOPLASTY RECOVERY
BEFORE AND AFTER
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Dr. Ricardo Vega is an international renowned Board Certified Plastic Surgeon with private practice in Tijuana, Mexico for over 20 years. He has spent a lifetime getting the expertise, education, training and practice with over thousands of procedures throughout his career… SEE MORE