Patient education
Nasal Tip Surgery: Guides
Twelve guides written for the person deciding about the tip of their nose, not the person studying the operation. They follow one question each: how much the supporting cartilage and the skin envelope allow, why the tip is judged a year late, which structures carry the result, and when the honest answer is a different operation or none.
All guides
12 guides
- Skin Thickness and the Tip CeilingDeciding
- Why Tip Settling Takes Longer Than the Rest of the NoseRecovery
- Tip Support: The Structures That Decide the ResultAnatomy
- Sutures or Grafts: What Changes the ApproachOptions
- Rotation and Projection Are Two Different QuestionsDeciding
- The Nostril Show QuestionDeciding
- When the Tip Is Not the ProblemAlternatives
- A Previous Operation and the TipRisks
- The Tip and Breathing: When Both Are in PlayCandidacy
- What the Photographs Do Not Show About a TipPreparation
- The Settling Year: What Changes and When to JudgeRecovery
- When a Tip Operation Should Not Be DoneDeciding
An assessment can end in no operation
Arrange an assessment. It begins with the airway and with the cartilage that supports your tip, because those decide how much can be changed and how much of the change your skin will show. It may end with a more modest plan, a different operation, or none at all.