What is the difference between open and closed rhinoplasty?

Many of my Houston rhinoplasty patients come in asking whether we perform open or closed rhinoplasty at Funk Facial Plastic Surgery.  

With open rhinoplasty, a small incision is made in the columella between the two nostrils and the rest of the incisions are on the inside of the nose.  The skin is lifted off the cartilage and bone and these structures are reshaped.  The skin is then closed…