If you live in Orange Park, Florida, the team at Garcia Facial Plastic Surgery, led by double board-certified facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Phillip Garcia, is ready to serve all of your rhinoplasty needs. People choose to have a rhinoplasty for many reasons, including bringing balance to their facial features. It can be performed for medically necessary reasons, such as a deviated septum, or for purely cosmetic ones, like softening a hump on the nose or reshaping the nostrils.
What Is Rhinoplasty?
Rhinoplasty, one of the most sought after plastic surgery procedures, is also called a nose job. It can be performed to change the shape of the nose, remove a bump, enhance the tip of the nose, change nostril width, or even alter the angle between the nose and upper lip. These procedures often restore balance to the face.
- Cosmetic surgery performed on the nose addresses issues with the shape of the nose.
- Functional surgery performed on the nose addresses issues with breathing through the nose.
At Garcia Facial Plastic Surgery, we like to address the function and the shape of the nose at the same time.
Rhinoplasty Candidates
Cosmetic rhinoplasty is surgery that enhances the face by reshaping the nose. It can be used to make the nose smaller, remove a hump on the bridge of the nose, change the tip, or enhance the size of the nostrils. Dr. Garcia will work with you to develop the perfect patient plan based on your individual look and your desired results. Teenagers should wait to have cosmetic rhinoplasty until they are 17 or 18 and have reached a fully mature facial size. Rhinoplasty can be used to fix the results of nasal trauma or birth defects. Often it is used to help a person breathe easier. Dr. Garcia will use many of the same techniques that he uses in a cosmetic rhinoplasty procedure. For some patients, nasal surgery can correct breathing issues.
This surgery could be a simple procedure in which the septum is straightened, or it could be a more complex procedure in which Dr. Garcia rebuilds the structure of the nose to support more efficient airflow. Medically necessary rhinoplasty procedures are usually covered by insurance.
