Surgical Technique for Ethnic Rhinoplasty

Like other types of rhinoplasty surgery, ethnic rhinoplasty seeks to reshape the nose by altering the structure of the bone and cartilage beneath without undue external scarring. Some techniques are more commonly used for ethnic patients, though.
The flatter noses possessed by many non-Caucasian individuals can be addressed by grafting in extra cartilage from elsewhere in the body and shaping the skin of the nose tip more finely. Up to three incisions (at the base of skin outside each nostril and in the columella between them) may be used to narrow the base of a wider nose. Artificial implants may be inserted into the bridge of the nose to give it better definition as well. Small amounts of bone can be removed to eliminate humps. If you have a nose with typically ethnic features and would like to change its shape, talk to your doctor about which of these ethnic rhinoplasty surgery techniques would be right for you.