- Incisions
- Hump removal
- Nasal septum
- Tip narrowing
- The nasal bones
- Splint
- Tip support
- Shorten the nose
- The nasal spine
- Revision surgery
- The nasion
- Odd cartilages
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Removing the nasal hump |
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One of the first tasks
during a rhinoplasty is to remove the hump if one is present. The hump is made of bone and cartilage, and both
components must be carved down in order to eliminate the nasal hump.
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The squiggly red line
on the nose above right shows the border between the bony part and the cartilaginous
part of the nose. Above the red line, the nose is made of bone (in pink), and below the
line the nose and hump are made of cartilage (blue).
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When the hump is taken
down, perhaps along the blue line in the picture above left, the upper part of the tissue removed is bone (red), and the lower part of
the removed hump is made out of cartilage (blue).
How far down should the hump be taken? Down to a straight line? Leave a little teeny hump there? Make it concave, or even a bit scooped-out? It depends on the person's age, sex, height, other features of the nose, and the patient's preferences. In the future, we'll have a photo essay on the subject, so stay tuned. This tutorial will discuss how to take down the hump, not how far to take it down. |
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