What is rasping and how is it performed? Is rasping similar to closed nasal reduction?

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As my nasal bone is deviated to some degree I am thinking to have a best cure without any visible changes to the nose as a whole, natural look with no aesthetic touch as same as the closed reduction result I got before as I had two traumes previously. it is been 1 year since the old one I am now seeking for a great advise and I think septorhinolasty will not meet my gowl as this surgery does a lot of change to nose, skin and tissues.

Toby Mayer, MD · Answer

Rasping is the same thing as filing the nose down. It will not make a deviated nose straight however.

Kenneth Hughes, MD · Answer

Rasping will not relocate a bone.  This is just grinding down the bone.Kenneth Hughes, MDLos Angeles, CA

Anand G. Shah, MD · Answer

Hi Margaret.  "Rasping" refers to using an instrument (rasp) to file down a nasal hump.  I hope this is helpful.  Regards, Andy Shah MD.

William Portuese, MD · Answer

Rasping of the bridge is accomplished by files/rasps that are used to shave down the hump across the bridge line. Once a hump is removed,  medial and lateral osteotomies of the nasal bones are most likely  required.  Digital computer imaging would be helpful to understand what can be accomplished with a closed rhinoplasty procedure. A closed nasal reduction involves simple manipulation of the nasal bones back into their normal place immediately after a fracture, and without making any cuts in the nasal bones. For many examples of hump reduction, please see the link below to our rhinoplasty  photo gallery.

Stephen Weber MD, FACS · Answer

Closed reduction is only used in the first couple of weeks after a nasal fracture while the bones are still broken and mobile. Rasping involves shaving down the bone with a rasp. Typically for a healed, crooked nose, osteotomies are required to allow cutting and resetting the crooked bones in the midline. I hope this information is helpful for you.Stephen Weber MD, FACSDenver Facial Plastic Surgeon

Steven Wallach, MD · Answer

Rasping relates to filling down the nasal bones.  This shaves off tiny layers of bone which allows contouring.  Good luck.

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