A nose job, or if you really want to get technical, a rhinoplasty, is an elective cosmetic surgery performed if you want to alter the shape and size of your nose. Now the desire to have this surgery can come from either cosmetic reasons (you don’t like the way your nose looks) or functional reasons (you can have deviations in your nose that make breathing difficult)
Here we will be focusing on the most common reasons why someone chooses to have a nose job.
Breathing Problems
Deviated septum is really common. The septum is actually the cartilage that that separates your nose into two nasal passages. Not everyone has a well-centered septum. Some people have a septum that is either off-center OR it’s crooked, bent or even twisted. All these can cause difficulties while breather. Deviated septum usually represents with various symptoms:
- Having a hard time breathing through your nose
- You have frequent nasal congestion
- Sinus infections are very often
- You have nose bleeding episodes
- Post-nasal drip
- Loud snoring
- Sleep apnea and
- Not enough good quality sleep
Did you know that Jennifer Aniston, Ashley Tisdale and Cameron Diaz all had nose jobs in order to correct their deviated septum?
Deviated septum is generally ‘treated’ with a procedure called nasal septoplasty. This procedure is a functional rhinoplasty and its goal is to straighten the septal partition. The aim is to optimize the breathing passages in your nose. The procedure is fairly simply and can take from 15 to 30 minutes.
Reconstruction
Athletes in basketball, football, boxing etc. quite frequently end up with a broken nose. This is one of the most common injuries in sports. Athletes that have a fractured or broken nose seek help from plastic / cosmetic surgeons to repair the damage.
However, nasal trauma is also common for people that don’t do sports or other physical activities. The nose is in a place of your body which is pretty susceptible to injuries (your head) and common causes of nose fractures (that are not sports related) can be:
- Vehicle accident
- Slipping accident (when you fall on your face) or
- Physical assault (when someone attacks you)
Luckily, we live in an age where medical professional can work wonders with your nose. You don’t have to live with a crooked or disfigured nose. Plastic surgeons can make it the way it was, or even better.
Aesthetics
And finally there are those people that simply don’t like how their nose looks. They didn’t have any trauma in the past, they don’t need a nose job because of some medical issues. They simply want to change how their nose looks. Let’s face it, not every nose is perfect and that’s why rhinoplasty is one of the most common cosmetic enhancement surgery. With a nose job, you can:
- Alter the size of your nose so that it fits your facial symmetry better
- If your nose has a hump, you can remove it
- Reduce the size of your nostrils if they are too big
- Enhance your nasal tip if you don’t like its shape
In case you feel a bit insecure about the way your nose looks OR you experience some difficulties breathing (and you suspect a deviated septum), contact Body by Kotoske today and schedule a consultation. A comfortable life and good confidence in appearance is something that everyone deserves.
