How to Create Ideal Alar Form and Function

Richard E. Davis; Erin T. Ostby

doi:10.1055/s-0040-1701641

Facial Plastic Surgery, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Facial Plast Surg 2020; 36(01): 034-045
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1701641

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Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.

How to Create Ideal Alar Form and Function

Richard E. Davis

¹Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

²The Center for Facial Restoration, Inc., Miramar, Florida

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Erin T. Ostby

¹Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

› Institutsangaben

Abstract

Refinement of the unsightly nasal tip lobule is one of the most common, yet also one of the most challenging aspects of cosmetic and functional rhinoplasty. In addition to meticulous analysis and precise surgical modification of the tip complex itself, successful tip refinement must also take into account the surrounding nose, especially the adjacent alar lobules. Unless the modified tip complex harmonizes with the adjacent alar lobules to form a symmetric, aesthetically pleasing, and fully functioning nasal base, tip refinement will inevitably fail. Structural interdependency between the alar lobules, the tip cartilages, and the nasal septum (and the myriad individual variations therein) make controlled alar complex refinement a formidable and complex undertaking. Long-term success is contingent upon understanding the full scope of structural tip dynamics, including not only the primary effects of tip refinement, but also potentially undesirable secondary effects that may deform the alae and thus compromise the surgical outcome.

Keywords

rhinoplasty - nasal ala - alar retraction - revision rhinoplasty

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