The most common form of rhinoplasty performed by Op. Dr. Ali Murat AKKUS is a full reduction rhinoplasty. The patient that requires this type of rhinoplasty typically has some degree of bump on the bridge of his/her nose (plastic surgeons call this a dorsal hump!) and also wishes to have some degree of refinement of the tip of the nose.
This procedure involves shaving or rasping the bone and cartilage which make up the bump. After the hump has been reduced, the bridge of the nose appears widened. This is referred to by plastic surgeons as an open roof deformity. This temporary intra-operative deformity is eliminated by moving or fracturing the nasal bones, thereby closing the open roof deformity.
The tip of the nose is typically treated with a conservative removal of cartilage and/or internal suturing to improve its shape. If the base of the nasal tip appears wide, alar base resections may be performed to produce narrowing. A full rhinoplasty, as described above, is performed under general anesthesia and takes about 1.5 hours to complete. Op. Dr. Ali Murat AKKUS usually performs rhinoplasties in his Istanbul, fully accredited, on-site operating suite.
