Rhinoplasty is surgery that reshapes the nasal bone, cartilage, soft tissue, and support structures to change appearance, improve function, or both. Patients commonly call it a nose job or nose reshaping surgery.

Rhinoplasty can address a dorsal hump, bridge width, tip shape, projection, rotation, nostril size, nasal width, crookedness, asymmetry, post-traumatic deformity, and selected functional breathing problems.

Cosmetic rhinoplasty is performed primarily to change appearance. Functional rhinoplasty is performed to improve nasal airflow or correct structural problems affecting breathing. A single operation can include both cosmetic and functional goals.

Septorhinoplasty combines rhinoplasty with correction of the nasal septum when both external nasal structure and internal septal anatomy need treatment. The exact functional work depends on the cause of obstruction.

Rhinoplasty changes the external and/or structural shape of the nose. Septoplasty specifically corrects a deviated or deformed nasal septum to improve the internal airway. They can be performed together when both problems are present.

Yes, when breathing problems are caused by structural nasal obstruction that can be corrected surgically. Functional treatment may involve the septum, nasal valves, supporting cartilage, turbinates, trauma-related deformity, or several structures together.

Purely cosmetic rhinoplasty is generally not covered. A medically necessary functional or reconstructive component may be considered by some plans when documentation and authorization requirements are met. Coverage is plan-specific and cannot be guaranteed.

Start by identifying whether you have a functional concern such as nasal obstruction, a deviated septum, valve collapse, or a post-traumatic deformity. Adonis can help you understand what needs to be evaluated and what insurance information may be needed, but your insurer makes the final coverage decision.

That can occur in some cases. A plan may consider a medically necessary functional component while cosmetic changes remain self-pay. How costs are separated depends on the insurer, authorization, surgeon, facility, and exact operation.

Open rhinoplasty uses internal nasal incisions plus a small incision across the columella between the nostrils. This gives the surgeon broad visualization of the tip and nasal framework and can be helpful for complex structural work.

Closed or endonasal rhinoplasty keeps the surgical incisions inside the nose. It can be appropriate when the planned reshaping can be performed with adequate access through the nostrils.

Neither approach is universally better. Open surgery provides greater exposure, while closed surgery avoids an external columellar incision. The better choice depends on anatomy, goals, revision history, grafting needs, and the surgeon's planned maneuvers.

Yes. Dorsal-hump reduction is a common rhinoplasty goal. The surgeon must also evaluate bridge width, nasal bones, cartilage, tip projection, and facial profile so the result remains balanced after the hump is reduced.

Yes, in selected patients. Tip refinement may involve cartilage suturing, reshaping, support grafts, reduction, or a combination. Skin thickness strongly influences how sharply the final tip can appear.

When the alar base is genuinely too wide for the desired proportions, carefully planned alar-base reduction can reduce nostril width. It is not required in every rhinoplasty and creates scars at or near the nostril base.

It can improve crookedness, but the cause matters. Bone deviation, septal deviation, asymmetric cartilage, prior trauma, and previous surgery can all contribute. Perfect geometric symmetry cannot be guaranteed.

Revision rhinoplasty is secondary surgery performed after a previous nose operation to address persistent cosmetic concerns, breathing problems, scar-related changes, asymmetry, or structural weakness. It is usually more complex than a primary operation.

Many primary rhinoplasty procedures take approximately one to three hours. Revision surgery or extensive functional reconstruction can take longer depending on grafting, septal work, nasal-valve repair, and overall complexity.

Many patients are socially presentable in roughly one to two weeks, but the nose continues changing for months. Bridge swelling resolves sooner than tip swelling, and final refinement can take a year or longer.

External splints are commonly removed around the first postoperative week, depending on the operation and surgeon's protocol. Splint removal is an early recovery milestone, not the final result.

Residual swelling can persist for many months, especially in the nasal tip and in thicker skin. The nose refines gradually as swelling decreases and scar tissue remodels.

Glasses can place pressure on healing nasal bones and the bridge. Timing depends on whether the nasal bones were repositioned and your surgeon's protocol, so do not resume normal pressure from glasses until specifically cleared.

Light walking begins early, while strenuous exercise returns gradually. Activities that raise blood pressure, risk facial impact, or place pressure on the nose remain restricted longer and should resume only after surgeon clearance.

Closed rhinoplasty keeps surgical incisions inside the nose. Open rhinoplasty adds a small columellar incision. Alar-base reduction creates additional incisions near the nostrils. All external incisions create permanent scars that generally become less noticeable as they mature.

Yes. Natural planning focuses on facial proportion, strong nasal support, appropriate tip definition, smooth bridge lines, and preserving features that fit the patient's face rather than forcing one standardized nose shape.

Ethnic rhinoplasty is a broad term for individualized nose surgery in patients who want refinement while preserving features important to their identity and facial proportions. Anatomy varies greatly within every population, so treatment should never rely on a racial template.

Yes. Male rhinoplasty may address cosmetic or functional concerns while preserving the bridge, tip, projection, and facial proportions the patient prefers. The operation is individualized rather than based on one masculine nose shape.

Potential risks include bleeding, infection, anesthesia complications, scarring, asymmetry, persistent swelling, numbness, contour irregularity, breathing difficulty, septal perforation, skin or tissue injury, dissatisfaction with appearance, and the possibility of revision surgery.

Adonis currently publishes a $7,000 to $13,500 range for rhinoplasty. Final pricing depends on primary versus revision surgery, cosmetic versus functional work, technique, grafting, anesthesia, facility requirements, and surgical complexity.

Yes. Adonis Plastic Surgery is in Torrance and serves patients from Long Beach, Redondo Beach, Palos Verdes, Manhattan Beach, El Segundo, San Pedro, Gardena, Carson, Lomita, and throughout the South Bay and Greater Los Angeles.