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The link below contains some graphic pictures and video, but if you are curious about how and where fascia is harvested, it will show you all you ever wanted to know. Fascia is a pliable, thin graft material that provides great coverage of contour irregularities, or can be sutured into a "wrap" containing fine diced cartilage (FDC) to provide a pliable dorsal augmetnation graft. It has great long-term survival and delivers predictable results.
Fascia is used to help soften and augment the nose. It is not used for primary structure where Cartilage is better.
Fascia is tissue that can be obtained from a variety of areas of the body - usually the temporal region is most useful for obtaining this for nose work. It tends to be long lasting and can be quite valuable.
Fascia is harvested from the scalp in the temporal area. It is used in thin skinned individual is to help with contour irregularities. It is usually wrapped around a piece of cartilage to camouflage the edges of the cartilage graft during a rhinoplasty
The tissue along your columella needs time to heal. If you smoke, stop. If you're not a smoker, great. The longer you wait and allow the blood supply in the area to heal the greater chance you will have at a successful revision, but I would give it a minimum of 6 months.
The width of your nostrils is proportional to your facial features. If your goal is to reduce the amount of nostril show and make your nose look less like a "pig snout", then I would recommend lengthening your nose slightly by counter-rotating the tip with something like a septal extension...
I agree that it would be worthwhile to address the areas of your concern. I would use only your own tissues to build up the bridge, give better tip definition and narrow the nostrils. If you have had prior nose surgery or facial bone surgery, it will be important for your surgeon to know this...
Thank you for your question. An asian rhinoplasty will help the appearance of wide set eyes. By building up the bridge of the nose, an optical illusion is created that makes the eyes look closer together. In conrast, a flat bridge makes the eyes appear to be more widely set than they...
The average cost for this type of Asian rhinoplasty surgery is around $6500-7000 in this particular area of California. Don't let cost be the final determining factor for you. Seek out an experienced ethnic rhinoplasty surgeon.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to “undo” a rhinoplasty once it has been performed. You do, however, have the option of having a second nose job or “revision rhinoplasty” to correct whatever features you feel unhappy with. This additional surgery is typically a bit more complicated, as the sur...
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