Common Complaints

[hikut]

Reasons for rhinoplasty can be few or many. It is important to know what can and cannot be changed and what rhinoplasty can and can not do for you. Just remember, be sure to have proper communication with your surgeon - it is easier to take away than to add after the fact.

We will cover the most common reasons for rhinoplasty - both realistically and irrationally. We will start with the common complaints regarding physical attributes.

[hikut]

typical complaints:

* too large
* too flat
* too humped
* too wide or fat
* too thin
* too long
* too short
* too pinched looking
* scooped
* hanging columella
* breathing problems
* crooked
* asymmetry, in general
* bumps
* a bifid (BEYE-fid) tip (where there is a ditch between the two tip cartilages, sometimes horribly referred to as "buttnose")
* dents
* scar tissue build up from breaks
* hooked
* "piggish"
* pointy
* bulbous
* not angled enough
* angled too much
* career advancement (borderline)

[hikut]

Non-typical, irrational or unhealthy thinking:

* wanting more 'dates' or to attract a mate
* gain popularity
* Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) or other self image disorders
* low self esteem due to emotional issues without apparent reason
* weight problems
* eating disorders
* deficient chin
* deficient jaw/mandible
* weak or prominent maxilla (upper jaw)
* for someone else
* career advancement (borderline)

Of course we will probably not see eye to eye if the above is true regarding the wrong reasons -- but I thought I should mention it should it be a possibility. Just be sure that you are doing it for yourself and not to try and trick yourself into thinking that you want it for the right reasons rather than the wrong ones -- it will save you MUCH grief in the future. Not to mention thousands upon thousands of dollars and worst case scenarios.