CASE STUDY
RHINOPLASTY
PATIENT PROFILE
AGE: 31
PRIMARY CONCERNS
This patient dreamt about a rhinoplasty since she was a teenager in high school. She never looked in the mirror and thought her nose was terrible, but it made her self-conscious, especially in photos. After her 31st birthday, she finally got up the courage to schedule consultations with Beverly Hills surgeons, near where she lived.
Neither gave her the trust she needed to move forward. Then a friend suggested Dr. Anton in Newport Beach and right away she knew she found her doctor. She wanted a subtle/natural change and in her own words, “that is exactly what I got!”
CONSULTATION & ASSESSMENT
Dr. Anton met with the patient in his Newport Beach office where he listened to her concerns and then explained the surgical approach for addressing each one. The patient was primarily concerned with the overall size and shape of her nose and the bump on her bridge. Dr. Anton generated a computer image to give the patient an idea of what the modifications and changes would look like post surgically.
Her biggest concern was that she still wanted to look like herself, only better, after surgery. She wanted a natural result. At the end of her consult, she knew she had found her doctor. She trusted Dr. Anton because he made her feel comfortable asking any question. Finally, after many years of dreaming of a nose job, she booked her surgery.
“I trusted Dr. Anton with the main focal point of my face which is scary to think about, but he worked MAGIC.”
TREATMENT PLAN
– Closed Rhinoplasty
– Osteotomies
– Tip Refinement
After meeting with two other plastic surgeons, the patient knew she found her doctor as soon as she met Dr. Anton at his Newport Beach office. Before surgery, she met with Dr. Anton’s Clinical Coordinator to go over the pre and post operative instructions and consents. On the morning of surgery, she arrived Quantum Surgery Center where she was met by the team and prepped for surgery. Dr. Anton marked the patient and reviewed the plan to improve the size and shape of her nose by reducing the bridge and sculpting the nasal tip.
In surgery, Dr. Anton first removed the boney and cartilaginous hump after cutting them free and then narrowed the nose by releasing that lateral nasal bones and letting them fall to the midline to recreate a new, lower, narrower nasal bridge (roof). To reduce the roundness or bulbous tip of her nose, Dr. Anton trimmed the upper portion of the lateral nasal tip cartilages. This produced a more refined nasal tip. Splints were placed to stabilize the bone, allow the patient to breath, and prevent internal scarring.
PATIENT RESULTS
HOW DO YOU FEEL AFTER YOUR PROCEDURE?
After surgery, the patient had some bruising under her eyes, which is common with rhinoplasty. The pain was minimal and manageable. One week after surgery, Dr. Anton removed her splints. Her nose was still swollen and improved dramatically over the next couple of weeks.
Even with post operative swelling, she could see exactly the improvement she had been dreaming of for all those years, “I wanted a subtle/natural change and that is exactly what I got! My nose looks like mine but better.”
DON’T JUST IMAGINE YOUR RESULTS, SEE THEM
Dr. Anton performed a closed rhinoplasty with osteotomies and tip refinement to address the patient’s concerns with the size and shape of her nose. She was especially bothered by her nose when she smiled because it pulled downward. The two hour surgery was performed under general anesthesia in an outpatient facility. The patient wore internal and external splints for one week post-op. Photo taken 8 months apart.
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