Is It Possible to Have a Minimally Invasive Rhinoplasty?

Many patients worry about having their noses packed after rhinoplasty surgery. Actually, the days of placing yards of packing in the nose are over, however, you will continue to hear horror stories from family and friends about this surgery. If you need your septum straightened, you may require splints placed in your nose, these have a breathing channel and make your nose stuffy, like when you have a bad cold. Occasionally, in certain patients, we can sew the septum in a way that does not require the placement of splints. Of course, if your septum is straight, you can have a rhinoplasty with no packing or splints at all!

You are correct in being concerned about post operative nasal obstruction in rhinoplasty.  However, the less you want changed, the less likely you will have post operative problems, particularly if the septum is not operated on.  Finesse Rhinoplasty is a termed that Rhinoplasty surgeons use to describe those cases that require very little intervention but the results are very impressive.  The term also implies that if those procedures are not done well, then the nose can look worse.  That is, a nose that is already a 9, has a risk of falling to an 8 or 7 if the rhinoplasty does not go well, but can become a 10 if a finesse rhinoplasty is done appropriately.  I hope this helps, Best, Dr. Phil