Role of Nasal Skin Massage in Optimizing Secondary Rhinoplasty Results

role of nasal skin massage in optimizing secondary rhinoplasty results

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Role of Nasal Skin Massage in Optimizing Secondary Rhinoplasty Results

Rhinoplasty is the most frequent aesthetic surgery in Iran.1 Recent reports signifies its prevalence rate as high as 180 cases of rhinoplasty per 100,000 population which is the highest in the world.1,2 In addition to plastic surgeons, there are many other surgeons performing rhinoplasty surgery without academic aesthetic surgery training. With increasing the rate of rhinoplasty by the academic...

Secondary rhinoplasty

Surgical treatment of nasal obstruction in rhinoplasty.

Often, rhinoplasty patients present not just for aesthetic correction, but for improvement of their nasal breathing due to functional abnormalities or problems. Because the aesthetic and functional problems must be addressed together, an understanding of both the internal and external anatomy is essential. In this article, the authors review the differential diagnosis of nasal obstruction and t...

Cleft nasal deformity and rhinoplasty.

The cleft nasal deformity is a complex challenge in plastic surgery involving the skin, cartilage, mucosa, and skeletal platform. Ever since Blair and Brown first described the intricacies of the cleft pathology in 1931, the appropriate approach has been extensively debated in the literature with respect to timing, technique, and extent of surgical intervention. In this article, the authors rev...

Ultrasonographic evaluation of long-term results of nasal tip defatting in rhinoplasty cases.

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Nasal skin thickness has an important role in aesthetic results of rhinoplasty. The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term results of tip and supratip skin defatting technique in rhinoplasty subjects using ultrasonography. STUDY DESIGN Prospective, randomized, case-control study. METHODS Among 111 rhinoplasty cases referred to a university hospital between Feb...