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Does Ethnic Rhinoplasty- African American rhinoplasty, Hispanic rhinoplasty, Asian rhinoplasty- cost more? by Dr. Jason Litner, Dr. Peyman Solieman Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 29 Sep 2009 10:05pm suit each person’s unique face. In general, the traditional “reduction” rhinoplasty that is done for Caucasian patients is usually not best for many ethnic patients who have... take longer to harvest needed cartilage to build the bridge, but the difference in fees from standard rhinoplasty is generally nominal. Read on »

Nose Jobs (Rhinoplasty) In African Americans:How Augmentation Rhinoplasty Can Make the Nose Look Smaller by Dr. Jason Litner, Dr. Peyman Solieman Medical Doctor

Posted Mon 06 Apr 2009 7:15pm Many of our African American patients who present for rhinoplasty feel that their nose is too wide, “too big,” and undefined for their face. So you can imagine many of them..., over the years we have found that the most challenging part in African American rhinoplasty is correcting the deficiency in tip projection in the face of a bulbous, amorphic tip Read on »

Don’t focus on a specific procedure in rhinoplasty by Dr. Jason Litner, Dr. Peyman Solieman Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 16 Dec 2009 4:49pm It is only natural when you are reading and learning about rhinoplasty for you to be drawn to a particular idea of what needs to be done to your nose to achieve the rhinoplasty results you are hoping for. This is especially true of revision patients who have been ‘burned’ before and want to do everything possible to make sure that their outcome Read on »

Liquid Rhinoplasty- The Non Surgical Rhinoplasty by Dr. Jason Litner, Dr. Peyman Solieman Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 16 Sep 2008 5:26am As rhinoplasty surgeons and revision rhinoplasty experts, we often come across patients who’ve started asking about “non surgical nose jobs,” “injectible rhinoplasty,” or “liquid rhinoplasty.” As a result, we have done a lot of research and work in the area, and even asked some of the country’s other foremost experts in rhinoplasty what Read on »

Ethmoid bone grafts in Rhinoplasty and Revision Rhinoplasty by Dr. Jason Litner, Dr. Peyman Solieman Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 18 Nov 2009 10:00pm Recently we’ve seen a number of people who have asked about the use of ethmoid bone in revision rhinoplasty. Each had previously undergone a nose job that had over time either resulted in loss of tip support- resulting in a droopy nasal tip- or had a twisted nose which had been partially corrected but over time had twisted again- resulting Read on »

We were recently asked why aren’t more plastic surgeons interested in Ethnic rhinoplasty? by Dr. Jason Litner, Dr. Peyman Solieman Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 03 Feb 2009 10:53pm Beverly Hills ethnic rhinoplasty Facial Plastic Surgeons should be more interested in ethnic rhinoplasty because the number of interested African Americans, East Asians, and Hispanics is rising dramatically! It still represents a minority of most rhinoplasty practices, though. Ethnic rhinoplasty requires a totally different view Read on »

Indications for Tip Grafts in Revision Rhinoplasty: the Overshortened Nose, Pollybeak Deformity, Poor Tip Definition, Overresect by Dr. Jason Litner, Dr. Peyman Solieman Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 18 Feb 2009 12:05pm shown that African American and Hispanic patients tend to have combinations of: Thick, sebaceous, relatively inelastic skin Weak lower lateral cartilages Wide bulbous tip... Indications for Tip Grafts in Revision Rhinoplasty In the revision rhinoplasty patient tip grafts may be necessary if: (1) there is a pollybeak deformity (2 Read on »

Rhinoplasty - A Monty Python Sketch by Meg W. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 04 Aug 2009 5:39pm Here's a Monty Python sketch about a rhinoplasty consultation. Read on »

Reasons to Get a Revision Rhinoplasty by revisionrhinoplasty Posted Mon 30 Aug 2010 12:23am Reasons to Get a Revision Rhinoplasty Although most patients are happy with their rhinoplasty surgery, the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery reports that up to 25% of rhinoplasty patients are unhappy with their results. About half of those patients opt for a revision or secondary rhinoplasty to further correct Read on »

Reasons to Get a Revision Rhinoplasty by revisionrhinoplasty Posted Mon 30 Aug 2010 12:24am Although most patients are happy with their rhinoplasty surgery, the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery reports that up to 25% of rhinoplasty patients are unhappy with their results. About half of those patients opt for a revision or secondary rhinoplasty to further correct their nose. There are a few different reasons Read on »