Asian Rhinoplasty

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Rhinoplasty is intended to add softness and harmony of the face or even functionality to any face, regardless of one's race. For instance, enhanced projection of the nose can be achieved by a small silicone implant placed through a small incision in the nose.

This implant augments the dorsum (the bridge) of the nose while leaving the tip of the nose the same. Of course, care must be taken to achieve a natural transition from implant to bone. With subtle differences like this the projection of the nose is enhanced without changing the overall ethnicity of the face.

Some individuals may desire to thin out the naturally wide Asian nose. This can be done through the use of infractures (where the nasal bones are broken and moved in or reset) to thin out the nasal area and add projection in the process. Outfractures are when the nasal bones are broken and moved outwards.

If it is narrowing of the naturally wide nostrils you desire this can be done by either excising sections from the floor of the nose or at the crease where the side of the nose meets the face. If you would like restructuring and definition in the tip of the nose this can be done by removing key sections of cartilage with scissors or a scalpel.

There really is not difference because of the racial parameters. Although a doctor should make sure that the end result will not look unnatural and out of place. It is more of the way the nose is structured and the possibility of keloid scarring (where excessive scar tissue branches out further than the actual wound) or hypo- (lack of) and hyper- (too much) pigmentation is a little higher is the more ethnic individuals but other than that if a Caucasian individual were to have a flatter, less prominent and wider nose, he or she would need the same type of surgery. Bottom line is the rhinoplasty surgery should be based upon the individual structure of each and every patient's nose and surrounding facial structure - not just because they are of a different race.