Facelift
55-64 year old woman
2 months after Facelift surgery
The goals of a facelift (rhytidectomy) are to reduce fine lines and deep facial folds, to eliminate “jowling” and sagginess created by loose muscles or excess skin and fat, and to restore a sharper, firmer-looking jaw line and eliminate “neck wattles”.
65-74 year old man
4 months after Facelift and NeckLift surgery
This patient is shown 4 months following a Face and Neck Lift. The goals are to restore a fuller, rejuvenated face, a sharper, firmer-looking jawline, to eliminate “neck wattles”, and to eliminate “jowling” and sagginess created by loose muscles or excess skin and fat. Most importantly, the overall goal is to create a long-lasting natural-looking result.
Rhinoplasty
This young woman is shown 6 weeks following a Rhinoplasty to improve nasal asymmetry, reduce a dorsal hump, and provide tip refinement, with the overall goal of maintaining a natural result… At 4-6 weeks postop, approximately 80% of nasal swelling has subsided. The remainder will take up to a year, sometimes longer depending on multiple factors, such as skin thickness. Residual swelling is most noticeable from the front view during this recovery time…
Key maneuvers in this patient included a hump reduction, angulated caudal septal trim, spreader grafts, a columellar strut, alar contour grafts, and further grafting of the nasal tip with soft tissue… The multiple cartilage grafts were used to help provide long-term stability and structure to maintain the aesthetic and functional goals
18-24 year old woman
1 month post-op from Rhinoplasty surgery
She underwent a dorsal hump reduction and tip refinement with correction of her nasal tip asymmetry.
The goals of a Rhinoplasty are to enhance or reduce the nasal bridge, to adjust the angle and definition of the nasal tip, to redefine the apparent length of the nose, and to restore nose shape after trauma or injury, with the overall goal to create a more balanced natural facial appearance which complements the rest of the face.
25-34 year old woman
6 months post-op from Rhinoplasty surgery
Dorsal hump reduction was performed with subtle tip refinement involving cartilage modification and grafting. One of my primary goals in a rhinoplasty is to always try and preserve a natural looking result.
25-34 year old woman
6 weeks post-op from Rhinoplasty surgery
Rhinoplasty: 1 year postop.
This young lady wanted a narrower nose with a natural upturned tip that doesn’t droop when she smiled. Look how close her final results are to her immediate postop photos taken in the OR…
People always ask about the recovery time following a #Rhinoplasty. It takes time for the swelling to come down and so I always try to share the immediate postop photos from the operating room (OR) with my patients to allow them to get an idea of their final results and have something to look forward to while the swelling improves over time — last 2 pics.
75% of the swelling comes down after a month while the rest takes a year to a year and half. To accelerate the swelling resolution, I see patients in the office every 2-3 months for steroid injections to the nose, especially the tip, to further help with recovery time…
Full views of this patient’s final results are shown. Also notice how the tip stays in the perfect position even when smiling, on BOTH sides.
The overall goal is to always maintain a natural result… Key maneuvers included a component hump reduction, reverse angulated caudal septal trim, tip deprojection. Multiple grafts were used including a columellar strut graft, spreader grafts, alar contour grafts, and a mastoid fascia tip graft, to help provide long-term stability and structure to maintain the aesthetic and functional goals…
25-34 year old woman
Rhinoplasty: 2-year postop.
This young lady wanted a narrower nose with a natural upturned tip that didn’t droop when she smiled. Look how close her final results are to her immediate post-op photos taken in the OR.
25-34 year old woman
Rhinoplasty: 10-month postop.
This young lady is 10 months Postop from a Rhinoplasty. She wanted an improved profile with a refined tip, while maintaining a natural result… Key maneuvers included a component hump reduction, reverse angulated caudal septal trim, and tip deprojection. Multiple grafts were used including a columellar strut graft, spreader grafts, alar contour grafts, morselized bone graft, and a mastoid fascia tip graft, all to help provide long-term stability and structure to maintain the aesthetic and functional goals.
25-34 year old woman
6 weeks post-op from Rhinoplasty surgery
Dorsal hump reduction was performed, in addition to deprojection of the nasal tip, and tip rotation to improve her nasal droop both at rest and when smiling. Multiple cartilage grafts were performed to help provide long term stability and help provide a natural result.
A woman is shown 3 1/2 months following a Rhinoplasty to improve nasal asymmetry, reduce a dorsal hump, prevent drooping of her nasal tip when smiling, and provide further tip refinement with the overall goal of maintaining a natural result.
Please note how her profile is improved and the tip of her nose no longer droops when she smiles.
Approximately 80% of the swelling has resolved at this point. The remainder will take up to a year, sometimes longer depending on multiple factors, such as skin thickness. This patient’s skin thickness is thicker than most, and so she may continue to notice improvement in swelling well after a year postoperatively…
Key maneuvers in this patient included a hump reduction, angulated caudal septal trim, spreader grafts, a columellar strut, alar contour grafts, and further grafting of the nasal tip with soft tissue… The multiple cartilage grafts were used to help provide long-term stability and structure to maintain the aesthetic and functional goals.
