Would radix rasping will be a procedure for my problem? (Photos)

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I had a rhinoplasty one year back and I have a high radix (my nose starts right from my forehead). I want to bring it down but I don't want to go through the recovery period of a rhinoplasty again (so I am trying to avoid revision rhinoplasty). I was wondering if radix rasping will be a procedure for my problem? Does radix rasping involve breaking bone or just shaving down the bones? I believe it is the breaking of bones which makes the recovery long and tough?! Thank you.

Brajendra Baser, MS, DNB, FRCS(Ed) · Answer

your Radix is quite prominent ,It is difficult to reduce it by rasping ,the ultrasonic piezo devices are helpful in this kind of situation

Peter Callan, MBBS, FRACS, MBA · Answer

Hi thereGood question. Firstly a bit of anatomy! The skin on the dorsum of the nose is thinnest in the keystone area (about a third of the way down where the glasses sit), and thicker in the tip and radix. So if the bone at the radix is the same height as the bone or cartilage at the keystone, the keystone will look too low and the radix too high. Therefore there needs to be a differential height. This can be done by looking at the nasal balance and working out whether the keystone needs to be higher or the radix lower, assuming all other things are the same and the tip projection is where it should be.In your case it would seem that the radix needs to be deeper (lower). This can only be performed by opening the nose again and reducing it. In my experience hand rasping the bone at the radix is nigh on impossible because the bone is so dense, so it must be removed another way, and there are powered instruments to achieve this.From the limited views you have provided, it is unlikely the bones will need to be broken of the rest of the rhinoplasty is good. I hope this helps.

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