Insights from Dr. Etai Funk

Nostrils size is a common concern for rhinoplasty patients who seek nose job surgery.Ethnic rhinoplasty for large nostrilsfrequently addresses wide nostrils or a wide base of the nose. Alar base reduction or nostril reduction…

Rhinoplasty may or may not help your breathing depending on what is done and who is doing it. Rhinoplasty combined withseptoplasty for a deviated septumand turbinate reduction for enlarged turbinates will help your breathing. This is…

Frequently, a combination surgery ofrhinoplasty and chin implantis performed to provide better harmony and balance to the face on profile. If the nose projects out too far off the face and the chin is recessed, this creates an imbalance in the face and unfavorable…

Rib cartilage for revision rhinoplastyis a frequently used alternative if septal cartilage is not available and significant amounts of grafts are necessary for the revision. Rib cartilage is especially helpful when…

A nasal fracture due to trauma should be evaluated sooner rather than later.Fixing a broken nosecan be done relatively easily as long as the fracture is addressed within the first two weeks before the bones have set. There are two indications for fixing a broken…

Many patients ask how rhinoplasty is performed? This depends on the surgeon’s experience and training and is variable from one surgeon to the next.

Open rhinoplasty or an external approach requires a small skin incision between the nostrils while the rest of the incisions are inside the nostrils. Closed rhinoplasty or endonasal rhinoplasty incisions are all inside…

Rhinoplasty or nose job surgery is performed in order to change the shape of the nose. The septum, or wall that separates the inside of the nose, sits on top of the hard palate. When there is a deviated septum and septoplasty is performed with rhinoplasty, there can be additional swelling to the upper lip. Initially, after rhinoplasty, you may notice that your upper lip…

Revision rhinoplasty is a complex operation where the results are much less predictable than primary rhinoplasty. There is significant scar tissue from the previous operation and the cartilage is much more difficult to shape and manipulate as it may be quite fragile, surrounded by scar tissue, or nonexistent.

Patients coming in for revision rhinoplasty after having…