What are the Limitations

Rhinoplasty is a very complex procedure. The nose is like a 3-D jigsaw. Surgery re-arranges, re-shapes, resizes and re-connects the pieces - it is not like carving marble. The severity of your existing nose shape affects what we can achieve. You cannot choose a new nose from a magazine.

Surgery must not remove so much tissue that the nose is weakened. Surgery must allow for limitations in the amount your skin can stretch or shrink-wrap over the new shape. Your skin type and age will also influence surgical choices. The effects of healing cannot always be predicted.