5 Signs You May Be a Good Candidate for Rhinoplasty

When you don’t like how your nose looks or functions, it can disrupt your life. These five signs mean you might be a great candidate for a rhinoplasty.

The nose is the center point of your facial appearance, and it also plays a key role in your breathing. When you don’t like how your nose looks or functions, it can disrupt your life.

If you’re self-conscious about how your nose looks or experience breathing challenges caused by your nasal structure, getting a rhinoplasty from Joshua E. Goldberg, DO, FACOS, at Goldberg Facial Plastic Surgery in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, can change your life.

Here, he shares five signs that suggest you might be a great candidate for a rhinoplasty.

1. You dislike something about your nose’s appearance

If you look in the mirror and don’t like the way your nose looks, a rhinoplasty can change that. Also known as a nose job, a rhinoplasty can make many corrections to the appearance of your nose, including:

Removing bumps
Making the nose smaller
Narrowing the nose
Reducing the size of nostrils
Changing the size or position of the nasal tip
Correcting a nasal bridge
Creating nasal symmetry

Every nose job is a customized procedure based on what corrections most enhance your appearance. Dr. Goldberg considers your facial features, ethnicity, and personal goals when creating a plan.

2. You have functional problems with your nose

A rhinoplasty can do more than change the appearance of your nose. Problems with your septum, the partition in the middle of your nose that separates your nostrils, can also impair how well your nose works.

A deviated or crooked septum can cause problems that aren’t always visible from your nose’s appearance. You might have more trouble breathing out of your nose, get congested constantly, or snore.

Other functional nasal problems surgery can correct include having nostrils or nasal passages that are too small. These also impede nasal breathing and can cause you to overly rely on mouth breathing.

If you’d also like to change your nose’s appearance, we can perform a septoplasty at the same time as your rhinoplasty. We can also correct only the functional problems if you like the appearance of your nose.

3. You’ve previously injured your nose

A broken nose, severe facial burns, and congenital birth defects can all change how your nose looks and functions. Trauma to your nose can leave it looking different from your original nose, cause a deviated septum, and damage nasal cartilage.

A rhinoplasty can make your nose look like new, or even better than originally. It also addresses any functional issues caused by trauma or defects.

4. You have realistic expectations

Before your procedure, Dr. Goldberg uses visual imagery to show you what’s possible to improve the appearance or functioning of your nose. Your ideal nose might look different than what looks good on someone else.

If you’re getting rhinoplasty surgery, it can take up to a year for swelling to subside and your attractive, post-surgical nose to emerge. If you’re getting a nonsurgical liquid rhinoplasty, your results are temporary and need to be refreshed periodically.

5. You’re in good overall health

Most surgical rhinoplasties require the patient to be healthy enough to undergo anesthesia. The best candidates are nonsmokers who don’t have any blood-clotting disorders or other significant medical problems.

If you aren’t a candidate for major surgery, other options may be available, including a more subtle rhinoplasty done under local anesthesia or a nonsurgical liquid rhinoplasty.

If you’ve ever wanted to change something about your nose, our team is here to help make your vision a reality. The surgical cost of a functional rhinoplasty is $2000; a cosmetic rhinoplasty is $2700