- 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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Narrowing the Nasal Bones |
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The upper portion of
the nose, that part closer to the eyes than to the tip, is made out of
bone. Frequently, we are trying to narrow that portion of the nose, a task
which involves moving the nasal bones closer to each other. This chapter will discuss how
the bony part of the nose is
narrowed.
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Examine the before and
after pictures above and below this paragraph. The upper portion of this
nose is wider
in the before pictures (left) than in the after pictures (right). In the photos below, I
have traced in black the contour of the side walls of the nose, to highlight how
the wide nasal bones have been made more narrow during the operation.
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There are many reasons
that we would want to narrow the nasal bones during a rhinoplasty. Maybe
the bones make the nose appear too wide. Maybe both bones, or only one
bone, has been pushed
abnormally wide in a car accident.
Actually, we narrow the nasal bones on almost every rhinoplasty. Surprised? One reason is that if we remove a hump from the nose, we almost always follow up by narrowing the nasal bones. Since that's an important concept to understand, I'll explain why in some detail. |
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