Are you considering a rhinoplasty or septoplasty procedure in the future? Dr. Markarian believes that informed patients are the best patients.
Below you can find before and after results of real patients, of varying ages, at different time intervals following their procedure. Our rhinoplasty video unveilings are often taken less than a week after surgery.
Rhinoplasty Before and After Images
Rhinoplasty Video Unveilings
Rhinoplasty Immediate Post-Operative Results
All photos and videos in this gallery are actual results of Dr. Markarian‘s work. The photos and videos have not been photoshopped in any way, except for cropping and adding subtitles to make our content as accessible as possible.
Rhinoplasty Before and After Images
Patient results are an essential part of research into your rhinoplasty procedure. As you navigate through the before and after pictures, you may begin to consider what element of your nose you are hoping to address and what your ideal aesthetic outcome might look like.
If you are looking for more generic information on rhinoplasty procedures, you can read our blog on Most Frequently Asked Questions About Rhinoplasty or Rhinoplasty: How Can I Afford it?
6 weeks after a Rhinoplasty and Septoplasty
Aged 17 or under woman
Her dorsal hump was reduced and her nasal tip was refined. Significant cartilage grafting was performed to not only improve her breathing but to help provide long-term stability and structure to the nose, and maintain its appearance long term.
Approximately 85% of the swelling has gone down at this point, and the remainder may take up to a year.
Dr. Markarian’s overall goal is to create a natural result that is patient-customized to maintain harmony and symmetry with the rest of the face.
6 months after a Rhinoplasty
This lovely young woman is 6 months postop from a Rhinoplasty, where about 80% of the swelling has improved. She underwent hump reduction, tip deprojection, and tip refinement, with the overall goal, as always, to maintain a natural result…
Key maneuvers included a component hump reduction, angulated caudal septal trim, tip deprojection with a columellar strut graft, spreader grafts, alar contour grafts, and a soft tissue tip graft…
The multiple cartilage grafts were used to help provide long-term stability and structure to maintain the aesthetic and functional goals…
Oh, and she promised no more nose piercings…
6 weeks after a Rhinoplasty and Septoplasty
18-24 year old woman
This patient underwent a Rhinoplasty procedure to reduce her dorsal hump and refine her nasal tip, in addition to a Septoplasty to improve her breathing. Significant cartilage grafting was performed to not only improve her breathing but to help provide long-term stability and structure to the nose, and maintain its appearance long term.
Approximately 85% of the swelling has gone down at this point, and the remainder may take up to a year.
Dr. Markarian’s overall goal is to create a customized yet natural result that maintains harmony and symmetry with the rest of the face.
6 weeks after a Rhinoplasty and Septoplasty
18-24 year old woman
This patient underwent a Rhinoplasty procedure to reduce her dorsal hump and refine her nasal tip, in addition to a Septoplasty to improve her breathing. Significant cartilage grafting was performed to not only improve her breathing but to help provide long-term stability and structure to the nose, and maintain its appearance long term.
Approximately 85% of the swelling has gone down at this point, and the remainder may take up to a year.
Dr. Markarian’s overall goal is to create a customized yet natural result that maintains harmony and symmetry with the rest of the face.
6 weeks after a Rhinoplasty and Septoplasty
18-24 year old woman
This patient underwent a Rhinoplasty procedure to reduce her dorsal hump and refine her nasal tip. A Septoplasty was performed to improve her breathing. Significant cartilage grafting was performed to not only improve her breathing but to help provide long-term stability and structure to the nose, and maintain its appearance long term.
Approximately 85% of the swelling has gone down at this point, and the remainder may take up to a year.
Dr. Markarian’s overall goal is to create a customized yet natural result that maintains harmony and symmetry with the rest of the face.
6 weeks after a Rhinoplasty and Septoplasty
18-24 year old man
A young man is shown 6 weeks after a Septoplasty and Rhinoplasty. Preoperatively, the patient had difficulty breathing from his nose and complained of a dorsal hump with slight drooping of his nasal tip.
Dr. Markarian’s overall goal is to create a customized yet natural result that maintains harmony and symmetry with the rest of the face.
5 months after a Rhinoplasty
25-34 year old woman
This young lady is shown 5 months after undergoing a Rhinoplasty, where about 80% of the swelling has improved. She underwent hump reduction, tip deprojection, and overall tip refinement, achieving the goal of maintaining a natural result.
The key maneuvers in this patient included a component hump reduction, angulated caudal septal trim, tip deprojection, spreader grafts, extended alar contour grafts, and a soft tissue tip graft with mastoid fascia. Multiple cartilage grafts were used to help provide long-term stability and structure to maintain aesthetic and functional goals. Since cartilage grows your whole life, and the nose is about 2/3 cartilage, over the years the nose can undergo changes after Rhinoplasty which underscores the absolute necessity of extensive cartilage grafting to maintain the finished result as much as possible during the years to come.
Also, note the near-invisible scar in the “worm’s eye” view (the last photo) – this tiny incision used in an open rhinoplasty heals very well.
3 weeks after a Rhinoplasty and Septoplasty
25-34 year old woman
This patient underwent a Rhinoplasty procedure. She wanted a slight reduction in her dorsal hump and subtle nasal tip refinement. Significant cartilage grafting was performed to not only improve her breathing but to help provide long-term stability and structure to the nose, and maintain its appearance long term.
Approximately 85% of the swelling has gone down at this point, and the remainder may take up to a year.
Dr. Markarian’s overall goal is to create a customized yet natural result that maintains harmony and symmetry with the rest of the face.
3 months after a Rhinoplasty
25-34 year old woman
This patient underwent a Rhinoplasty procedure to improve her dorsal hump, and refine her nasal tip, to produce a natural looking result.
Approximately 85% of the swelling has gone down at this point, and the remainder may take up to a year.
Dr. Markarian’s overall goal is to create a customized yet natural result that maintains harmony and symmetry with the rest of the face.
6 months after a Rhinoplasty
25-34 year old woman
A woman in her 20s is shown 6 months after a Rhinoplasty. Dorsal hump reduction was performed with subtle tip refinement involving cartilage modification and grafting. One of Dr, Markarian’s goals in a rhinoplasty is to always try and preserve a natural looking result.
6 weeks after a Rhinoplasty
25-34 year old woman
This patient underwent a dorsal hump reduction, 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 a natural result.
4 months weeks after a Rhinoplasty
35-44 year old woman
This patient is shown 4 months postop, where about 80% of the swelling has improved. She underwent hump reduction, tip deprojection, and overall tip refinement, with the overall goal of maintaining a natural result. Please note how the tip of her nose no longer droops when smiling.
Key maneuvers in this patient included a component hump reduction, angulated caudal septal trim, tip deprojection, spreader grafts, alar contour grafts, and a soft tissue tip graft… The multiple cartilage grafts were used to help provide long-term stability and structure to maintain the aesthetic and functional goals.
Rhinoplasty Video Unveilings
Before and after pictures are essential. But, they fail to capture what rhinoplasty procedures mean to our patients and their lives. Unveilings capture the moment when a patient sees their result for the very first time and can often be an emotional experience. That is why you must feel confident, and comfortable, with the Plastic Surgeon you choose.
6 days after a Rhinoplasty
18-24 year old woman
Within a week of a rhinoplasty, patients will have considerable swelling. 85% of the swelling from the procedure will usually dissipate within 3 weeks to 3 months.
Watch the video to see the patient’s reaction to seeing their rhinoplasty result for the very first time.
8 days after a Rhinoplasty
55-64 year old woman
Within a week of a rhinoplasty, patients will have considerable swelling. 85% of the swelling from the procedure will usually dissipate within 3 weeks to 3 months.
Watch the video to see the patient’s reaction to seeing their rhinoplasty result for the very first time.
Rhinoplasty Immediate Post-Operative Results
Photos taken immediately after surgery, and pre-swelling, can often show patients what their nose will look like when all of their eventual swelling goes down.
Immediately after a Rhinoplasty and Septoplasty
18-24 year old woman
This patient is shown immediately after after a Rhinoplasty to reduce her dorsal hump and refine her nasal tip. A septoplasty was also performed to improve her breathing. Significant cartilage grafting was performed to not only improve her breathing but to help provide long-term stability and structure to the nose, and maintain its appearance long term.
Immediately after a Rhinoplasty
18-24 year old woman
An immediate photo from the Operating Room after surgery (before the swelling has set in) can show patients what their nose will look like once all the swelling has gone down – this can take up to a year.
Immediately after a Rhinoplasty
18-24 year old woman
An immediate photo from the Operating Room after surgery (before the swelling has set in) can show patients what their nose will look like once all the swelling has gone down – this can take up to a year.
