When Choosing Rhinoplasty Surgeon, How Many Rhinoplasties Per Year Is Ideal for a Reputable Surgeon?

A good number of rhinoplasties performed by an active and busy rhinoplasty surgeon is in the order of 200 or more per year.  This level of experience enables a surgeon to offer rhinoplasty expertise.  In addition to making sure that the surgeon has performed thousands of rhinoplasty surgeries, you should like the results shown in their before and after photo gallery.

The key element in becoming an expert is not necessarily how many rhinoplasties you perform per year, it’s how many you do well and how your Experience and Expertise give you Good Judgment. This requires many years of experience. Becoming a true expert probably takes 10,000 hours of study and focus on teaching, learning, and performing rhinoplasty over many years. I perform over 200 rhinoplasties per year and over 50% of these are secondary rhinoplasties and are more complicated and difficult as much of the structural framework is missing. Choose your surgeon wisely so you don’t have to undergo a secondary rhinoplasty as this is the most complicated and most difficult operative procedure in plastic surgery.

Excellent question.  It is important to choose a surgeon with rhinoplasty experience, knowledge, and expertise.  The American Society of Plastic Surgeons states that the average amount of rhinoplasties per year are 11 per surgeon.  It is also important to choose a surgeon who understands and respects not only the cosmetic external anatomy, but also the internal functional anatomy of the nose.  The nasal airway must be maintained or improved during rhinoplasty surgery.  Assure that your surgeon has experience in improving appearance and function.