I had a rhinoplasty a year ago and would like to know if I have inverted v deformity? (Photos)

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I had a hump removed.

Thomas A. Mustoe, MD, FACS · Answer

Yes, you definitely do.  A revision rhinoplasty with placement of spreader grafts will correct this problem.  When the they removed your hump
which is always a combination of bone and cartilage, the removal of cartilage resulted in a
Visible step off between the end of the bone a d the cartilage of the middle vault.

William Portuese, MD · Answer

The photographs demonstrate an inverted V deformity Since the upper lateral cartilages are concave, and the nasal bones are too wide. Osteotomies placed in the nasal bones can accomplish and narrowing them And spreader graft placement underneath the upper lateral cartilages can accomplish widening them to  improve the inverted V

I had a rhinoplasty a year ago and would like to know if I have inverted v deformity? (Photos)

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