Can an Asian rhinoplasty have good results?

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I have always wanted a nose job but recently I have looked more into it and have decided that this is something that I would like to save up for and eventually get. I am half Asian and my nose is wide, especially when I smile so I avoid smiling in photos, however it is not flat but it has no definition. I have looked at Asian rhinoplasty's and the results do not look very different to me, and I do not want this to happen to me.

Donald B. Yoo, MD, FACS · Answer

Asian rhinoplasty is an exceptionally challenging and demanding operation both technically and aesthetically. To achieve the best results in the safest, most predictable manner requires experience, technical excellence and artistry. 
There are a variety of techniques and philosophies when it comes to reshaping the nose during Asian rhinoplasty. One of the most important technical differences between surgeons is the use of artificial implants versus using your own tissue. I feel very strongly that the best way to achieve safe, permanent results is with tissue from your own body.
Achieving the most attractive result will be possible by finding an experienced Asian rhinoplasty specialist who also shares your aesthetic goals.

Alejandro Nogueira, MD · Answer

Asian rhinoplasty is the most difficult ethnic nose, however it is 
not the same a mixed blood patient than a very difficult genuine thick 
skinned and short asian nose; you should receive assessment.You are somehow fully right; if anyone takes the time to 
google images of b&a cases of black or asian origin (the really most
 difficult top ethnic rhinoplasties, requiring massive grafting and 4-6 
hours of surgical time), each of us may express the same: "how come! the
 after is so similar if not identical to the before look!!!".
Reason's
 mix for this is the extreme difficulty of black and asian (specially 
Filipino) noses, the fatigue of such long procedures for the surgeon, 
the very expensive cost of a long and top-notch multigraft procedure, 
the required training and skills due (hard to meet in a single surgeon),
 the marketing issues (letting a patient know his/her procedure is going
 to be a pricey or even unaffordable technical nightmare is not a top 
seller, obviously...), etc.
So surgeons normally take a shortcut 
and perform a complimentary procedure in a short time and 2-3 technical 
gestures, leading thus to disappointing and minimal enhancements.
On
 the other hands we have the multi-staged ethnic
 afroamerican or asian noses, multi-staged because every procedure or 
surgeon adds a new layer of maneuvers or skills to supplement or correct
 the previous work (when, ideally and in real good hands, all should be 
applied at once in a standalone procedure).
Furthermore, in some 
cases the surgeon is bold and brave enought to try the full-set of 
ethnic overhaul.. and end in poor or botched results...; some of the cases you can find online have very poor or bad results, fake tips, sunken dorsums, 
collapses, etc.
The key is finding a 
very good surgeon of complex noses with solid experience and... 
do understand your afroamerican, asian or arab (among other) rhinoplasty taking 4-6 
hours can't cost the same than a basic reduction rhinoplasty done 
in a snap. If you want to make it more affordable do consider travelling
 abroad, there are excellend ethnic nose surgeons.
A bunch of good images would be required to provide overal assessment of your case.
Feel free to request any additional information from me.

David A. F. Ellis, MD · Answer

Lately, I have had many young Asian females who do not want surgery yet and have performed a injectable rhinoplasty. The dorsum of the nose is built up giving a more narrow appearance;  the tip can be projected and be given the appearance of being narrow. Proper consultation so that all the changes and paraments can be fully discussed.

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