Best angles to evaluate the results in rhinoplasty before and after photos?

Why a surgeon only posts side views of some patients: for many patients the main change that occurs during a rhinoplasty affects the profile. Most rhinoplasty‘s are performed on patients with dorsal humps, long noses, drooping tips, over projecting noses, etc. These changes are seen in the profile. In many cases 90% of the change that occurs during a rhinoplasty is visible in the profile and only minimal change occurs in the front view. That is the main reason why some patients are only shown in profile rather than front view. The second reason is that the tip which is mainly seen in the front view often takes a year or more to reach its final form. Most patients, particularly those who are satisfied with their surgery do not return for long-term follow up. The surgeon therefore may only have photos taken at two or three months after surgery at which time the tip has not yet achieved its final form. Those are the two main reasons, but there is always a possibility that there are imperfections in the front view of a particular patient that the surgeon does not wish to show.

Thank you for your question. In general, usually the biggest differences will be noticed on the profile image, which is why it's used so often. Ideally there should a frontal, oblique, and worm's eye views as well.

Hi, Thank you for your inquiry. What I find with side pictures is that oftentimes patients are looking for subtle changes mostly to the height of their nose or a more defined tip which is not as easy to see from the frontal view.