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Many plastic surgeons consider rhinoplasty to be an art in itself. This is due to the level of detail involved. Giving someone a beautiful nose requires correcting and maintaining the delicate balance of nasal proportions. Correcting a wide nasal base is no exception. When a patient’s nose has several issues, including a wide nasal base, the lower third is only reduced after the upper thirds are dealt with. This is because the upper changes can affect the lower area, sometimes positively (making correction unnecessary) and sometimes negatively. Come to a skilled, board-certified plastic surgeon with extensive rhinoplasty experience – come to Dr. Farhad [...]

If the bones of the bridge of your nose are too prominent and the cartilage area between them is sunken, you may have an inverted V nasal malformation. This can be fixed with the help of rhinoplasty. An inverted V malformation pushes the upper lateral cartilages closer to the septum. When these are closer than they should be, the breathing path, called the nasal valve, becomes too thin. This causes a person to have problems with breathing. Clear your breathing path with the help of board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Farhad Rafizadeh, a skilled practitioner serving the Morristown area. Dr. Rafizadeh will perform [...]

What Is a Hanging Columella? The columella is the strip of skin and cartilage that separates the two nostrils at the base of the nose. When this structure descends lower than normal — typically more than 2mm below the alar rim — it is called a hanging columella, also known as alar-columellar disproportion. This is a common aesthetic concern that can be precisely corrected with rhinoplasty. What Causes a Hanging Columella? A hanging columella may result from excess cartilage in the columellar region, overdevelopment of the medial crura of the lower lateral cartilages, or excess soft tissue. In some patients [...]

If your nose appears parrot-like, you may have a pollybeak malformation. When this malformation was caused by alterations to the nasal cartilage, this is called a cartilaginous pollybeak. It can be corrected using rhinoplasty surgery. A cartilaginous pollybeak is often caused during a previous rhinoplasty, when too much cartilage and bone gets removed from a dorsal hump and the underlying bridge area. The bridge support is reduced, making it so the skin sags downwards. This gives an overly full look to the supratip area. To remedy this type of pollybeak malformation, cartilage can be removed from the supratip area, evening out the [...]

Do you want to make your nose look less rounded and bulbous? One option for recontouring a bulbous tip is called dome binding. This rhinoplasty technique involves using permanent medical sutures to narrow the nasal tip region.  The nasal tip region is defined by the lower lateral cartilages, two structures within the nose. The area where they meet is called the dome. During dome binding, the sutures are placed through the dome and brought inwards and closer to each other, narrowing and straightening the nasal tip. For quality care and a skilled hand, see Dr. Farhad Rafizadeh for your bulbous tip correction procedure. Dr. [...]