I was feeling my 18 month old daughters nose trying to figure out why it appeared asymmetrical. She fell out of her swing as an infant and although there didn't appear to be any injury at the time I'm now wondering if something had happened. So i was feeling her nose at the junction of upper lateral cartilage and bone with a small or moderate amount of pressure. I heard a little tiny sound kind of like a pop. The next day there appeared to be a tiny purple spot there. Could i have detached it?
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August 7, 2015
Answer: How easily can upper lateral cartilage be disarticulated from the nasal bones?
There are advantages and disadvantages to every maneuver in rhinoplasty. I would never make a recommendation between these two choices without an in person examination and then a discussion of what your goals were. In general, diced cartilage in fascia can be used to augment the dorsum but may...
I for one never do an open technique. I find them "surgical" looking.That said, some surgeons get reasonably satisfactory results with open technique, if that's what they were trained to do.
Dear Rakhid,
Inflammation acts differently at every
zone of your nose and that is why normally we could see some asymmetrical
zones, and also swelling is an issue in rhinoplasty, because till 1 year the
nose still shrinks. Also tip nose is made of cartilage and subcutaneous areas
and that is...
