Does Nose Surgery Anchorage affect our facial features?

 

There are various reasons why nose surgery is required. Most often than not, they are needed for cosmetic purposes. However, nose surgery is also performed for health reasons. And based on the purpose of the surgery, it may or may not affect the patient's facial appearance.

Your doctor recommends whichever form of surgery at Nose Surgery Anchorage is suitable based on your consultation with the specialist; you are assured that the recommendations were made in your best interest.

Some patients, especially those considering nose surgery for medical reasons to improve breathing problems, may be concerned about how the procedure may affect their facial features. These concerns may influence their decision on whether to proceed with the surgery. However, patients need to understand that in most instances, it is advisable to proceed with a correctional surgery, especially when neglecting to perform the said surgery may lead to further functional problems of the nose. 

At All Alaska Oral & Craniofacial Surgery, we specialize in correcting nasal deformities caused by congenital craniofacial and cleft defects to correct disordered nasal breathing. In most cases, nose surgery may change the appearance, projection, size, and shape of the nose depending on the patient's need. However, the other facial features such as your chin, lips, or cheeks remain the same.

While the rest of your facial features remain the same, surgery, especially cosmetic surgery, may change your overall facial appearance because the nose is the central feature of the face and extends across the jaws, cheeks, and forehead.

How does nose surgery affect our facial features? 

The overall facial appearance may change or be enhanced depending on the surgery performed and the structure of the nose before the surgery. This is because the nose surgery could involve trimming, repositioning, or replacing either the cartilage, the bone or both, as with septoplasty.

On the other hand, Turbinoplsaty surgery is minimally invasive. As such, there should not be a change to the nose's appearance. This is because the surgery is performed inside the nose; hence there are no external cuts.

However, rhinoplasty surgery focuses on not only the cosmetic aspect of the nose but also the functional aspect. As such, the surgery is carried out on the nasal structure, either interior or external. Not all rhinoplasty are the same; consequently, different nasal issues are approached based on the patient's needs. It is essential to note that because the nose is the central feature o the face and alteration due to rhinoplasty may affect the nose structure.

Anchorage Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery has qualified surgeons to perform nose surgery. The patients need to be aware that while some surgery can be performed with minimal invasion and changes to the nose structure, other forms of surgeries, especially one to correct nose deformities that entail the replacement or repositioning of the bone, can change or enhance the nose structure. However, this change is not expected to drastically alter the patient's facial appearance except if the surgery was for cosmetic purposes.