Primary rhinoplasty on thick skin of the Maghreb type
Primary rhinoplasty on thick skin of the Maghreb type, by Dr. Gerbault:
- A significative refinement of thick-skinned noses is one of the most difficult part of rhinoplasties.
- One can’t directly change the skin. Therefore, structural rhinoplasty process has to be used to print on the skin, especially the tip, the desired refinement.
- This is what has been performed in this case, with also a Dorsal Preservation Ultrasonic Rhinoplasty the refine the rest of the nose.
- Another benefit of structural rhinoplasty is to efficiently avoid tip deformities with smiling.
- The result is shown at 1 year post-op, and is the maximum refinement achievable on this type of skin.
Wide nostrils and plunging tip
- Having long and wide nostrils with a plunging tip when smiling creates easily complex. This young woman didn’t want to change significantly her nose, but just correct those defects.
- She had an ultrasonic structural rhinoplasty, with an ultrasonic rhinosculpture of her bony vault and tip reshaping with cartilaginous sutures. The alae have been also reduced.
- The result is shown at 3 months postop.
Wide Nose
Structural rhinoplasty for refinement.
- Primary rhinoplasty on thick skin.
- Wide nose, wide and dependent tip.
- Reinforcement of the support of the base of the nose achieved through structural rhinoplasty.
Ultrasonic rhinoplasty by Dr R. Makhoul
Ultrasonic Rhinoplasty by Dr. R. Makhoul
- structural reduction rhinoplasty with correction of the crookedness of the nose,
- important hump reduction and correction of the plunging tip
Plunging tip
Plunging tip
- Primary Rhinoplasty
- Correction by structural rhinoplasty
- Result at 1 year
Long nose and drooping tip
Long nose and drooping tip, Primary Rhinoplasty
- The tip plunges more on smiling,
- With a nose too long
- Structural harmonization rhinoplasty
- Correction of the plunging tip and stabilization
- Result at 6 months
