What is the distinction between a rhinoplasty specialist and a facial plastic surgeon?

A rhinoplasty specialist is a surgeon that performs rhinoplasty on a regular basis and has a significant amount of experience in doing so. This surgeon can be a facial plastic surgeon or a plastic surgeon. The main point is that he/she is performing rhinoplasty all the time. A plastic surgeon may be primarily a breast and body surgeon, and a facial plastic surgeon may primarily perform facelifts. Be sure to see a lot of photos of before and after, and I would imagine there are qualified rhinoplasty surgeons in Arizona.

My suggestion would be to look for a member of the Rhinoplasty Society.

Admission requires demonstration of experience with rhinoplasty surgeries.

Not all good rhinoplasty surgeons are members of the Rhinoplasty Society and not all members of the Rhinoplasty Society are the best rhinoplasty surgeons, however it is the best way to increase your odds of a good outcome.

However, at least they are highly interested in rhinoplasty surgery.

You can also ask where and with whom they learned rhinoplasty.

Some surgeons do predominantly the same technical operation on all patients and some customize their surgery to the patients anatomy and aesthetics.

The surgeon should be able to describe your particular anatomical situation and then describe how and why they will perform particular steps to remedy the issue(s) at hand. Again it is no guarantee, because one must always think on your feet with noses and especially revisions, but at least you have some sense of what they are thinking