Surgery to reshape the nose is a very common plastic surgery procedure and it can both increase or decrease the size of nose. The shape of the tip, the bridge and also the nostrils can be varied and sometimes breathing difficulties can be corrected at the same time.
The nose is the central feature of the face, many people are self-conscious of shape which they may regard as too big, too small or have some other feature which they dislike. The characteristics of the nose are inherited from parents and develop during adolescent years. It continues until the age of 16, when the nose stops growing. It is, therefore, unwise to operate before this age.
Reduction Rhinoplasty reduces the size of the framework of the nose over which the skin is draped. Whereas Augmentation Rhinoplasty is used to improve the appearance of a flattened nose. But to do this it is necessary to introduce some additional framework underneath the skin to raise and straighten the bridge-line. Various materials are used for the additional framework such as bone, cartilage (gristle) and a range of manufactured materials such as silicon and gortex.
