If your son or daughter wants a nose job If your son or daughter wants a nose job or Rhinoplasty, the first question is — are they old enough? No matter how uncomfortable a teenager is with his or her features, surgery should be avoided until his or her features have...
People who want male or female noses People come to a rhinoplasty surgeon wanting all sorts of changes. Sometimes they want a slightly shorter or smaller nose. It’s common to want a deviated septum or nasal hump straightened out, or a nose given better symmetry, and...
Planning your rhinoplasty Rhinoplasty, or the nose job, is one of the most common forms of plastic surgery — and with good reason. The nose is at the center of the face, and is one of its most noticeable features. A damaged or misshapen nose can severely impact your...
What makes a nose masculine or feminine One request that rhinoplasty surgeons sometimes get is for a patient’s nose to look more “masculine” or “feminine.” If you don’t spend a lot of time looking at other people’s noses, this may seem strange, but if you have ever...
Don’t go for the cheapest option If you’re thinking about going abroad to have a nose job done cheaply, think about not doing that instead. People who’ve gone to Thailand for rhinoplasty and gotten bad results have been unable to successfully sue for damages. (If...
After your nose gets hurt Rhinoplasty is most often done for aesthetic reasons — to improve the line or reduce the size of a perfectly functional nose. Sometimes it’s done to fix an old injury from childhood or even childbirth. And sometimes it’s done because...
