Insights from Dr. Etai Funk

Whether you have a nasal hump, a wide nose, or a crooked nose, your dissatisifaction with your nose may wax and wane throughout your life. However, if you are unhappy with the appearance of your nose, you may at some point considerrhinoplasty. Rhinoplasty, or…

One of the most common complaints after rhinoplasty that I receive from my revision rhinoplasty patients is that they still have a crooked nose or their nose is now crooked after rhinoplasty.Fixing a crooked nosewith…

The term rhinoplasty stems from the latin root rhino which refers to the nose and plasty, which means to shape. Just like many terms such as blepharoplasty, genioplasty, or platysmaplasty mean to shape these areas. I have found that those most people interested inrhinoplastyand…

I recently came upon a website that presents a set of questions entitled,should I get a nose job quiz. After reviewing the questions, it seems this quiz asks questions to get you thinking about whether you need a rhinoplasty. Do you feel you have…

Rhinoplastyis a complex operation to reshape the nose and improve breathing if necessary. The nose is a very sensitive area of the face with lots of pain receptors. In addition, the nose is very vascular and can bleed quite a bit. When you are laying down, that…

Although recovery from rhinoplasty is typically not painful, it can be uncomfortable. Nose job surgery is not the type of surgery you want to have a second time. I always tell myrevision rhinoplastyconsultations that…

The most common cause of a septal perforation is previous nasal surgery with or without rhinoplasty. Patients who see me forrevision rhinoplasty may require a septal perforation repairat the same time.

Depending…

Duringrhinoplasty, aturbinate reductionis frequently performed at the same time. The turbinates…