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Join Rhinoplasty Specialist Dr. Paul Nassif, a world-renowned expert in revision rhinoplasty, in the operating room as he performs a Columella Strut Placement. His practice, Spalding Drive Cosmetic Surgery & Dermatology, is located in Beverly Hills, CA.
The columella is the central portion of the nostril that is composed of soft tissue overlying the cartilage structures known as the medial crura.
A cartilage graft typically composed of harvested septal cartilage ensconced between the medial crura of the columella used to maintain nasal tip support necessary following rhinoplasty.
AFRICAN AMERICAN NASAL ANATOMY:
1. Skin: Thick, Abundant Fibrofatty tissue
2. Radix: Deep, Inferiorly-Set & Low
3. Nasal Bridge & Dorsum: Short Nasal Bones, Wide & Flat
4. Tip: Bulbous, Thick-Skinned, Under-Projected, Derotated (Ptotic), Abundant Nasal Soft Tissue, Broad Domes, Minimal Definition
5. Base: Wide, Thick, Horizontal & Flaring Nostrils
6. Nasolabial Junction: Retracted, Under-Developed Nasal Spine
7. Maxilla: Usually Retrusive & Hypoplastic
HISPANIC NASAL ANATOMY:
1. Skin: Thick, Abundant Sebaceous Glands
2. Radix: Low to Normal
3. Nasal Bridge: Wide
4. Dorsum: Convex (Nasal Hump)
5. Tip: Bulbous, Thick-Skinned, Under-Projected, Occasionally Derotated to Normal, Abundant Nasal Soft Tissue, Broad Wide Domes, Minimal Definition
6. Columella: Short to Normal
7. Base: Wide, Thick, Horizontal & Flaring Nostrils
8. Maxilla: Within Normal Limits
ASIAN NASAL ANATOMY:
1. Skin: Heavy, Thick & Sebaceous
2. Radix: Deep & Flat
3. Nasal Bridge & Dorsum: Low, Wide & Flat
4. Tip: Bulbous, Thick-Skinned, Under-Projected, Ptotic, Abundant Fibrofatty Tissue, Broad Domes, Minimal Definition
5. Columella: Short, Minimal Show (Retracted)
6. Base: Wide, Thick, Oblique & Flaring Nostrils
7. Maxilla: Usually Retrusive
DESIRED RHINOPLASTY GOALS:
1. Bridge: Moderately Thinner
2. Dorsum: Higher (Augmented)
3. Tip: Refined, Increased Projection, Increased Rotation
4. Base: Vertical-Oblique Nostrils & Triangular Nasal Base
5. Columella: Increased Columellar Show & Length
6. Maxilla: Less Retrusive
7. Skin-Soft Tissue Envelope: Moderate Thickness that Provides Good Tip Definition
Video Produced by SPORE Medical,
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can you please post some rhinoplasty surgeries where you do columella sliding to decrease the length of a long nose as It hard to find on Youtube
deauzie 2 years ago
I have filmed a similar procedure which will be posted in the next couple of weeks. If you subscribe to my channel you will be notified when posted.
drpaulnassif 2 years ago
In her 20's
drpaulnassif 3 years ago