Rhinoplasty Before & After Case 164

This 23 year old was referred to Dr. Parker requesting improvement in the appearance of his nose. He said he was bothered by his dorsal hump as well as his nose drooping when he smiled. Dr. Parker performed a closed rhinoplasty. During this procedure, he removed the bony cartilaginous dorsal hump, performed infractures to appropriately narrow the nose and resected the depressor septi muscles at the base of the nose. Dr. Parker had explained to the patient that these paired muscles pull the nasal tip downward with smiling removing them at surgery would eliminate that problem which it did. The patient recovered quickly afterwards. He is extremely happy with his results and has received many favorable comments from family, friends and co-workers.