Archive for the ‘Rhinoplasty’ Category

Does Rhinoplasty Offer an Anti-aging Effect?

January 17th, 2012

Rhinoplasty surgery makes patients appear slightly younger, according to a new study, The Effect of Rhinoplasty on Perceived Age, which is published in the current issue of the Archives of Facial and Plastic Surgery. The rhinoplasty procedure is typically performed to correct the nasal flaws that detract from a person’s appearance. Refinements to the nose [...]

Rhinoplasty Recovery San Diego

August 8th, 2011

Rhinoplasty is one of the most common operations we perform in plastic surgery. It has consistently been ranked as one of the top five procedures for both men and women over the past five years. As a result, we get a number of questions relating to patient recovery. The nose is a very detailed part [...]

Cosmetic Surgery By The Numbers – 2010 Statistics

March 24th, 2011

The American for Aesthetic Plastic surgery released their statistics for cosmetic surgery performed in 2010. In total, procedures are up 5% from 2009 to a total of over 13.1 million procedures performed last year. Surgeries were up 2% and non-surgical interventions rose 5%. Surgical Data The most commonly performed surgical procedures were breast augmentation, rhinoplasty [...]

Discussing Rhinoplasty with Dr. Marin

May 12th, 2010

“Rhinoplasty is a surgery of millimeters.” Nose reshaping is almost uniformly considered the most difficult and challenging of all cosmetic surgical procedures by plastic surgeons themselves. So much so, that some plastic surgeons do not even offer this surgery to their patients. Revision or “secondary” nasal surgery is even more difficult than the first time [...]