Qualifications of a Surgeon for Rhinoplasty Procedure?

The best surgeon to perform your rhinoplasty procedure is the one who has dedicated experience in this particular plastic surgery procedure. There are great facial plastic surgeons out there as well as oral maxillofacial  surgeons who perform cosmetic nose reshaping procedures. But within each of these groups you need to find a surgeon who has dedicated a good portion, if not all, of their practice to cosmetic nose surgery. There are definitely some factors you should consider to help you make a more informed decision. One of them is a robust portfolio of their prior rhinoplasty work. Truly dedicated rhinoplasty experts have much larger than average portfolios to show you the wide variety of noses they have done thus demonstrating consistent success with rhinoplasty surgery. These photos should include frontal and side views of the same patient in combination. Taking a side view of a hump deformity correction before and after surgery simply doesn't give you an accurate assessment of that result. You need to see the nose from different angles to judge correctly. Looking at their website, you will also get a fairly quick overall sense that rhinoplasty surgery is one of their specialty procedures. This should be rather obvious by seeing how much information they have on rhinoplasty surgery alone. For instance, our practice website has an entire section dedicated to our online rhinoplasty tutorial that is intended to provide up-to-date information on this one plastic surgery procedure. In addition, we have an entirely different website (Sandiegorhinoplasty.com) dedicated to just cosmetic and functional nose surgery information. I wish you luck in making your final decision. Sincerely, Dr. Hilinski

it sounds like you found two good surgeon, especially if they are "double Board certified". Just make sure by checking with the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).