Revision Rhino Moms

She wants it narrow and lifted, but not pointy or turned up like mine is a refrain I hear rather frequently in my rhinoplasty practice. The sixteen year old daughter wants to have her nose refined but wants it to look natural and the patients mom, who had her nose done 30 years ago, is wary of the nose turning out like her own. Not all noses that were operated on 30 or 40 years ago turned out poorly, but the procedure was in its surgical infancy and some unexpected and unwanted sequelae became manifest many years following surgery. The pinched tip, the ski slope bridge and the miss piggy lift are unfortunate outcomes that are now the badges of long ago rhinoplasties Through experience and innovation many of the techniques in use in contemporary rhinoplasty surgery allow one to av