Being able to breathe through your nose depends on enough room through the nose, into the throat, and down into the lungs.

Cleft Rhinoplasty (Cleft Nose Surgery) Before & After Photo. Surgery performed in Dallas, TX at Law Plastic Surgery.

Being able to breathe through your nose depends on enough room through the nose, into the throat, and down into the lungs.

There must also be enough strength to keep the walls from collapsing in.

Here, the biggest problems were blockage by a deviated septum, and scar tissue from a lifetime of previous cleft surgeries.

The scar tissue can be thick, tighten like a lasso, and even create bands that go across from the septum in the middle to the side.

Here, these scar bands were released and reconstructed with local rearrangement (Z-plasty, V-Y advancement) for the soft tissue.

The deviated septum was straightened and resected, with special attention paid to the bone that sits further back. This bone is the most common place I find continued blockage after someone has had a previous surgery, and this area was not treated.

Support was given by rib graft to the dorsum, ear cartilage grafts to the tip, and some cartilage and soft tissue along the rim to support the external nasal valve.

The central part of the lip in the dry vermilion was also re-repaired to add some bulk here and push some of the mucosa that wants to be inside the mouth, back inside. Otherwise, this mucosa can become dry, cracked, and bleed.

For more, visit our Cleft Rhinoplasty page or call us at (214) 241-1997.

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Cleft Rhinoplasty (Cleft Nose Surgery) Before & After Photo. Surgery performed in Dallas, TX at Law Plastic Surgery.

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I thought I had sleep apnea. My wife tells me my snoring went away… I’m just sleeping a lot better. Now I feel more rested and just breathing a lot better.

Slow process of trying to actually breathe correctly for the first time in my life, through my nose instead of through the mouth.

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