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This beautiful girl has a history of a cleft lip and palate. She had severe nasal obstruction as is nearly always seen with our cleft patients, with septal deviation. She also had some imbalance of her lip, with the height of the skin several millimeters shorter on the cleft side. This can be seen with very small imbalances magnified over … Read More

This young man has done very well with his history of cleft lip and palate surgeries throughout childhood, and he came to us for his cleft rhinoplasty. First and foremost, he had difficulty breathing because of a deviated septum. From the front you can see a slight deviation of the bridge of his nose extending to the tip. As it … Read More

This beautiful patient is thrilled after her cleft rhinoplasty! She had the normal development we see with most cleft lip patients. Her septum was pointing to the right — away from the cleft side — causing severe nasal obstruction. She also had slumping and weakness of the cartilage and skin on the same side as her cleft lip. We performed … Read More

This handsome man had severe nasal obstruction and nasal asymmetry, with collapse and less growth of the left side of his nose. He also had a notch of his upper lip with some irregular scar texture. Open rhinoplasty was performed, with release of the old scar tissue, and multiple cartilage grafts from his septum used to support his collapsed nasal … Read More

This man had a history of a cleft lip and a lifetime of difficulty breathing through his nose. The septum (or wall between the two nostrils) is deviated away from the cleft, and the cartilage on the cleft side is usually smaller and weaker. Correction of the deviated septum, and use of the cartilage for grafts to buttress the airway, … Read More

This young woman had airway obstruction caused by her deviated septum. She also had a dorsal hump and asymmetries of her tip and columella. I performed an open rhinoplasty to straighten her nose, including nasal osteotomies, dorsal hump reduction, and refinement of her nasal tip. She returned at one week with a huge smile and amazement at how much better … Read More

This lovely woman had a crooked nose after breaking it at the outset of Covid. Unfortunately she was unable to have it repaired at the time of injury. She came to us with difficulty breathing and severe deviation of her dorsum. Bruising and swelling is expected early on, especially if the nasal bones need to be repositioned as was done … Read More

This lovely woman had problems breathing even after a previous septoplasty. Unfortunately, she also had collapse of the middle portion of her nose, resulting in a “saddle nose” deformity. We performed an open rhinoplasty using spreader grafts and nasal bone reduction to smooth her contour and help her breathe better than ever! Here she is seen at 2 weeks after … Read More

This young man has a history of a cleft lip and palate, with septal deviation and nasal collapse. I performed an open rhinoplasty, with straightening of his septum and use of the septal cartilage along with ear cartilage to straighten and support his nose. His breathing and symmetry is already much improved at 1 week after removal of his splints. … Read More

This gentleman has a history of a cleft lip and nasal deviation, with severe difficulty breathing through his nostrils. I performed a rhinoplasty to straighten a deviated septum, and used the removed cartilage from the septum to make grafts that helped to straighten and support the nasal passages. We also chose to perform a genioplasty, moving the chin forward to … Read More

This beautiful woman loves her boost of confidence after a cleft rhinoplasty and revision of her lip scar. She is seen here early in her recovery, and can already breathe much more easily. She also said we “gave her back her smile!” after revising the notch in her cleft lip. For more, visit our Rhinoplasty page or call us at … Read More

This woman had a history of a cleft palate, with severe nasal obstruction and a pharyngeal flap contributing to sleep apnea. A septorhinoplasty and revision of her pharyngeal flap improved her breathing and refined her nasal tip, with no negative effects on her speech. There’s nothing like being able to get a good night’s sleep! For more, visit our Rhinoplasty … Read More