Nose surgery: Rhinoplasty

If you're unhappy with the appearance or size of your nose, rhinoplasty may help you to achieve the look you desire. Often, rhinoplasty can successfully correct many cosmetic concerns. Rhinoplasty can change:

• Nose size, in relation to other facial structures

• Nose width, at the bridge

• Nose profile (visible bumps or depressions on the bridge)

• Nasal tip (large or bulb-shaped, drooping or too upturned)

• Nostrils that are large, wide or upturned

• Nasal asymmetry and deviation

When considering nose surgery, you should ask yourself: 'Why am I doing this?' Any cosmetic surgery should be something that you do for yourself, not to make someone else happy or to try to fit any 'ideal' image. Nose surgery may be the appropriate answer if:

• Your face has stopped growing, and you are 15 years of age or older

• You are physically healthy

• You do not smoke

• You have specific, realistic goals for how you want to look