Nose Reshaping

Farbod Esmailian, MD answers: What is a strut procedure?

I was told by a surgeon I met that he will not cut my columella but instead use a piece of cartilage from my nose to do a strut technique. This is because I asked for a tip refinement.

What is a strut technique and is this procedure good enough to give me a nice refined nose? (I am African American) Thank you in advance for the answers you will provide me with.


Farbod Esmailian, MD
29 days ago
By Farbod Esmailian, MD - Orange County Plastic Surgeon

What you are referring to is a columellar strut graft.  This is a piece of cartilage that is placed between the two cartilages in the tip of the nose to help provide more projection.  It may give a bit more definition but in your case I think you need more tip work to get the result you want.

I would recommend an open rhinoplasty to allow accurate dissection and suturing of the tip cartilages and placement of a stut graft to help.

Hope that helps you.

Web reference: http://www.feplasticsurgery.com/orange-county-nose-surgery-rhinoplasty-newp
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