Rhinoplasty Q&A

80%

WORTH IT RATING

1,002 Reviews

Ask a Question

View Before and Afters

Average Rhinoplasty Cost: $5,975

Learn about Rhinoplasty

5,047 people and 803 doctors are talking about Rhinoplasty

Get Free Email Updates

Can I Expect a Rhinoplasty Like the One in the Picture?

asked 11 months ago by LiamMontgomery in New York
Latest answer by Sam Naficy, MD
Question viewed 305 times
Tags: candidate, refine pores, wide

The Before one is my nose right now.And the after is the end product of a plastic surgery software.Can such a result be actually achieved.If so,then what would be the cost and procedures involved? Thankyou

13 answers to Can I Expect a Rhinoplasty Like the One in the Picture?

Rhinoplasty result

The result you show is a bit unnatural - the narrow bridge does not match your thicker wider tip. You are a good candidate for rhinoplasty, but not as shown

Sam Naficy, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon

Nasal healing

The use of imaging is a way for both you and your surgeon to move toward and end result. Many times visual comunication is more to the point than verbal. However, in the end, only mohter nature knows the final result. The rhinoplasty patient is 9-12 months away from the final result. Good luck.

Rodger Wade Pielet, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Computer simulation takes a back seat to real photos

Your virtual result is not too exaggerated. Yes, the dorsum and tip can be narrowed the way you have illustrated. The nostrils may be over-narrowed on this image. A side view would be helpful. You would likely benefit from a slight elevation of the tip too. So, your expectations are not unreasonable based on what I can see here. But computer imaging is not a good way to predict results. The best way is to look at real, unaltered photos of patients... more

Eric Swanson MD
Leawood Plastic Surgeon

Computer software can make you look like a Picasso!

Computer software is an excellent tool to help show what you can look like and also help communicate with your physicians what you want. However, making a nose look very small on a computer image is easy, doing the same on your face has ramifications to your ability to breathe. Discuss your wishes with your physicians to determine if what you show is is truly possible.

Robert M. Freund, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

Predicting results from rhinoplasty

We do believe that computer imaging give very useful insights into predicting and planning rhinoplasty results. Certainly no computer will show you how you will look, however rather that trying to discuss plans with terms as a little off the top, the imaging can put goals into view. If well done computer studies can give predictable and understandable results. Your pictures are, well, not so good, yet they do help your surgeon understand what you are looking for and are a point of departure... more

Peter E. Johnson, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

No, the computer generated post Rhinoplasty photo is unrealistic

I have performed Rhinoplasty for over 20 years and IMHO, the after Rhinoplasty computer generated photo is unrealistic. This is the main reason that I do not use, nor recommend that patients have computer imaging during coinsultations. The computer can manipulate photos in ways plastic and cosmetic surgeons can not manipulate tissues during the surgery. You should see real before and after photos before having your Rhinoplasty. IMHO, the width of your nostrils... more

Francis R. Palmer, III, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

Can I Expect a Rhinoplasty Like the One in the Picture?

You should expect getting a much better result than the one you morphed. You have a rather thick nasal skin which needs to be thinned out in order to have a better redraping of the skin over the refined cartilagenous structure. You may also get alar repositioning technique teh reduce nasal base.

Mohsen Tavoussi, MD, DO
Huntington Beach Facial Plastic Surgeon

Rhinoplasty and computers

Imaging applications in plastic surgery are meant to be used as a tool, and should not be considered as an implied result. Surgical changes can be made to the nose (and any other part of the body) but the variations in individual skin quality, healing, and genes cannot allow for precise prediction of your result.

Ricardo Izquierdo, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

www.FaceAndBodyChicago.com

Maybe

You can do much more with computer software than you can on the human nose. It may be close, but you would need to be seen and evaluated. Patients more commonly show the lateral view where you remove the bump rather than the frontal.

William B. Rosenblatt, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

Rhinoplasty should balance the parts of the nose.

Rhinoplasty should balance the parts of the nose and the photo you have of the after is NOT a good nose. The nose you could have is BETTER than the one you showed. If you go to my website or those of other experienced rhinoplasty surgeons you will see natural results of noses like yours.

Toby Mayer, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

What can i achieve through rhinoplasty

Computer morphing can be very misleading. More importantly, why would you want that nose? It is very unatural. Look st the two nasal bases and see the natural triange like figure of the before and the pinched box like base after/

David A. Bray, Sr., MD
Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon

Imaging software for rhinoplasty is a good educational tool

The imaging software allows me to sit down with my patient and allows us to discuss expectations and goals. I think that it is useful tool allowing the patient and the surgeon to interact. It is however decidedly not an excellent prediction of a result. Be thorough in your consultation with your plastic surgeon and together expectations can be met.

Jeffrey Zwiren, MD
Atlanta Plastic Surgeon

Aesthetic rhinoplasty changes must be balanced with the function of the nose.

While your nose can certainly be narrowed, the modified image is in my opinion unrealistic. It's important to recognize that the nose serves a vital function - breathing. If one were to attempt to narrow your nose to the degree the modified image is suggesting - this would undoubtedly result in permanent nasal obstruction. Furthermore, the process of reducing the size of a nose involves modifications to the nasal framework. It is then up to the overlying... more