Insights from Dr. Etai Funk

Many of my Houston rhinoplasty patients have issues with breathing through their nose and are heavy mouth breathers at night. They may claim to have snoring issues and their partner may state that they gasp for air or stop breathing. These patients may have sleep apnea. While rhinoplasty truly means changing the shape of the nose, septoplasty or fixing a deviated septum…

Many Houston patients complain of under eye bags, dark circles, or a tired appearance to their eyes in my office. Under eye bags are due to protruding fat that surrounds our eyeball normally to protect it from trauma and grease the muscles around our eyes. Sometimes, we simply need to remove this fat during blepharoplasty and some excess skin. Other times, we may need…

Many who call our office inquire as to whetherrhinoplasty consultation is freeor if there is a fee. Rhinoplasty is a complicated operation and may be one of the more difficult surgeries in plastic surgery. When seeking nose job surgery or rhinoplasty, it is important…

Unlike other cosmetic surgeries such as a facelift, eyelid surgery, or neck lift,rhinoplasty is a permanent surgery. Once the swelling has subsided and everything has healed, the results of rhinoplasty are typically permanent. The nose will not age like the face…

Rhinoplasty can make a nose thinner depending on the nose. Every nose is different and each nose has different cartilage and skin. Rhinoplasty or nose job surgery can narrow the nasal bones with controlled fractures, can narrow the middle vault or cartilage in the center of the nose with stitches or sutures. It can also narrow the tip of the nose with cartilage reshaping,…

Rhinoplasty surgeryis a complex operation that takes patience and experience to perform. The time it takes to perform rhinoplasty is dependent on the complexity of the nose and the rhinoplasty surgeon. On average, Dr. Funk’s rhinoplasty take 1.5-3 hours. This…

Free rhinoplasty consultation is offered in many offices for evaluation for a nose job or nasal surgery. At Funk Facial Plastic Surgery, Dr. Funk will not only sit down and listen to your concerns and desires regarding your nose, he performs a thorough examination, takes photographs and performs the digital enhancement on his own. This is a 45-60 minute consultation that…

A facelift or neck lift is typically though of for women, but today more and more men are interested in neck lifts to address their turkey gobbler neck, submental fullness, or double chin. Men who are over 55 typically will need a neck lift to address the excess skin and muscle laxity of the neck. Liposuction alone or Kybella alone will leave a lot of loose neck skin that…