Introduction

Dr Robinson believes that having a rhinoplasty as a female is a very individual decision. Having a rhinoplasty can greatly enhance the aesthetics of your face. Many women feel that their nose is overly prominent, large, or bent. This can lead to a feeling of people always looking at their nose and a feeling that the nose detracts from their natural beauty. With subtle changes to the nose, these disfigurements can be corrected. The result of the rhinoplasty is a nose that blends into the rest of the face.

No two noses are the same and Dr Robinson understands that the desires of patients may differ significantly. Dr Robinson has performed over 1500 rhinoplasties and has yet to perform the same operation twice. For this reason, Dr Robinson will tailor the rhinoplasty to suit your requirements, allowing you to choose what you would like to be changed. To give you a better idea of what these changes will be, Dr Robinson can perform preoperative image modification.

Indications

There are many reasons why patients might feel they would like to have a rhinoplasty. Common achievable goals of a female rhinoplasty include:

• Make the nose straighter.
• Remove a nasal hump.
• Make the nose smaller.
• Refine a large nasal tip.
• Straightening the nose.

Almost everyone has some degree of bend in their nose. For certain people this is subtle and can be hidden with makeup – however, for others, it can be a cause of feeling as though people are always looking at their nose.

There are 2 main reasons why you may have a bent nose. Firstly, females may have broken their nose, usually playing sports. Secondly, the nose may have developed with a bend on it, which is very common. You may find that other family members have a similar bend on their nose.

No two noses are the same and when you see Dr Robinson ensure that you address all your concerns in relation to your nose. He will tailor the operation for you to ensure that you have a procedure that gives you a natural appearance to the nose.

Procedure

Straightening the nose

Straightening the nose is different for every patient but the general steps include:

• Combination osteotomies of nasal bones.
• Refracture nasal bones to the midline.
• Septoplasty (Straighten cartilage in the middle of the nose).
• Cartilage graft harvest.
• Structural cartilage grafts to support the nose in midline.
• Refine tip to midline.
• Bilateral turbinoplasty (Decrease scrolls of tissue inside nose).
• Camouflage grafts to mask the contour of the nose.

You can view before and after patient photos of straightening the nose in the Female Rhinoplasty Gallery.

Hump Reduction

Almost everyone has some degree of a nasal hump. It is a very common request to want to have a nasal hump reduced to decrease the prominence of your nose. Many people find that having a nasal hump runs in their family with many of their relatives having a large hump on their nose.

Reducing the nasal hump is called a hump reduction. Historically a hump reduction involved giving a patient what is now called a ski jump nose, this is an obvious sign of surgery. Dr Robinson feels that an obvious ski jump is not a natural look and is not recommended or performed unless specifically requested. Now the goal of the operation is to perform a hump reduction, which gives a natural look to the nose.

The degree of hump reduction required varies between patients. Dr Robinson can perform pre-operative image modification to ensure that you can tell him how much of a hump reduction you would like to have performed.

Reducing a nasal hump differs between patients but the general steps of the operation include:

• Osteotomy removal of hump.
• Combination osteotomies to narrow nose if required.
• Combination rasping to smooth the new nasal surface.
• Septoplasty (Straighten cartilage between left and right nostrils).
• Cartilage harvest for grafting.
• Graft placement to strengthen nose.
• Bilateral turbinoplasty (Reduce scrolls of tissue inside nose).
• Refine tip if required.
• Camouflage grafting to provide contouring to nose.

You can view before and after patient photos of hump reduction in the Female Rhinoplasty Gallery.

Nose Reduction

Many people feel their nose is too large for their face. Having a large nose can detract from other natural beauty features such as your eyes or smile. Some may feel that others often focus on their nose, rather than other features.

People who feel they have a large nose may possess one (or many) of the following features:

• Wide nose.
• The nasal tip sticks out too far.
• The nasal tip is droopy.
• Large boxy nasal tip.

Having a large nose differs between people and it is important that you tell Dr Robinson what you would like to have changed. Dr Robinson is also able to perform preoperative image modification to ensure that you can see what will be changed.

Decreasing the size of the nose varies significantly between patients. Some techniques that may be used include:

• Hump reduction.
• Narrow nose with combination osteotomies.
• Cantilevered spreader grafts.
• Lateral crural turn in flaps.
• Lateral crural repositioning.
• Lateral crural steal.
• Reducing the tip of the nose which sticks out too far (Deprojection procedure).
• Reducing droopiness of nose (Rotation procedure).
• Reducing large boxy tip.

You can view before and after patient photos of nose reduction in the Female Rhinoplasty Gallery.

Tip Refinement

Refining the tip of the nose is a true art form. The nasal tip differs dramatically between patients. Common complaints of women who want to have a tip refinement include:

• Large boxy tip.
• Twisted tip.
• Droopy tip.
• The tip sticks too far out from the face.
• The tip has multiple convexities and concavities.
• The tip collapses on breathing.

Tip refinement is a very individual procedure, and it is important that you discuss what you would like to have changed with Dr Robinson.

The procedure of tip refinement differs between patients. Some techniques that may be used in tip refinement include:

• Lateral crural turn in flaps.
• Lateral crural steal.
• Lateral crural strut grafts.
• Dome division.
• Lateral crural overlap procedure.
• Domal defining sutures.
• Interdomal sutures.
• Decrease the amount the tip sticks out from the face (Deprojection procedures).
• Decrease droopiness of tip (Rotation procedures).
• Camouflage grafting.

You can view before and after patient photos of tip refinement in the Female Rhinoplasty Gallery.

Related Information

Broad Nose
Blocked Nose
Broken Nose
Crooked Nose

To discuss if female rhinoplasty is recommended for you, please make an appointment with Dr Dan Robinson.