Dr. Etai Funk's Blog

Nose straightening surgery with rhinoplasty is a common procedure performed in Houston by Dr. Funk.  A crooked nose can be caused from trauma, a congenital anomaly, or just nasal pubescent growth.  Surgery for a broken nose may require re-fracturing the nasal bones and cartilaginous work to straighten the nose. This can be done with septal cartilage grafts,…

I recently performed sinus surgery and rhinoplasty on a patient in Houston.  She had tried balloon sinuplasty with an ENT years ago but continued to have recurrent sinus infections and headaches.  Endoscopic sinus surgery opened up her sinuses and revealed significant disease from repeated infections. Rhinoplasty was then performed for a bulbous tip and wide nose.

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Many of my Houston rhinoplasty patients will admit they had previous trauma to their nose.  A broken nose due to trauma can be addressed in multiple ways.  If they injury was recent and the nose is crooked, a minor procedure called a closed reduction of nasal fracture can be performed where the bones are reset to midline.  This can usually only be done within the first 2-3 weeks of the fracture.…

Many of my crooked nose Houston rhinoplasty patients inquire about nose straightening during their consultation.  A crooked nose can be straightened using multiple techniques depending on the nature of the deformity.  Surgery for a broken nose that was injured in the past may require controlled fractures of the nasal…

Many of my Houston rhinoplasty patients have concerns regarding their nostrils.  Some may state that their nostrils are not necessarily too wide, but that there is too much nostril show from the side view or profile.  This is actually labeled as nostril retraction.  Nostril retraction is usually due to the positioning of the tip cartilages or excess caudal septum.  This…

Many of my Houston revision rhinoplasty patients who have had a previous rib graft placed in their nose are curious if they can keep the existing rib graft.  Revision rhinoplasty for a rib graft will require reshaping or replacing of the rib graft depending if the graft is warped, resorbed, shifted, or lost correction.  If the graft is viable and can be reused…

Many of my Houston Asian rhinoplasty patients are concerned about a bulbous tip.  This could be due to wide or ill defined tip cartilage, thick nasal tip skin, or poor support to the tip.  Refining a nasal tip with Asian rhinoplasty usually requires reshaping the tip cartilages, suture techniques to refine them, cartilage tip grafts, and thinning of the…

Many of my Houston revision rhinoplasty patients have had over-resected cartilage in the tip of their nose or grafts placed to create an overpinched tip which can look operated and "nose jobby".  This is especially true for patients with very thin skin.  It is important to delicately lift the skin of the tip cartilages in these patients and use caritilage or…

Many of my Houston rhinoplasty patients will ask if rhinoplasty will change their voice.  This is especially true for any of my professional singers.  Rhinoplasty or nasal surgery such as septoplasty for a deviated septum will NOT change your voice.  However, sinus surgery, where the opening to the sinuses is made larger, may change the resonance of your voice.  It…

Some of my Houston revision rhinoplasty patients may present with a saddle nose or collapse of the bridge of the nose.  In these cases, there may have been overresection of a nasal hump or collapse of the cartilage due to poor support after rhinoplasty.  Repairing a saddle nose usually requires grafting with rib cartilage to rebuild the bridge of the nose.  

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