Patient Photos

Revision Rhinoplasty and Ear Cartilage Grafting for Severely Pinched Tip

This Seattle revision rhinoplasty patient had a prior rhinoplasty procedure over twenty years ago. Over time the patient noted problems with chronic nasal obstruction. Preoperatively, the patient has severe tip pinching and marked asymmetry of her tip defining points. On base view, one can appreciate the patient’s deviated columella, nostril asymmetry and tip pinching. The patient is shown 1 year after undergoing a revision septorhinoplasty and right ear cartilage harvest where Dr. Thomas Lamperti straightened her deviated septum and then reconstructed the patient’s nose, recreating more natural and functional nasal contours. Even after one year there is some expected fullness of the patient’s nasal tip that will continue to improve.