Nasal Blockage and Deviated Septum
Not all people realize how important it is to normally breathe through the nose. Many people realize the importance of normal nasal breathing only when they will suffer from nasal obstruction. There are several possible causes for nasal obstruction, which can then cause mild nasal obstruction to severe nasal obstruction. The treatment or remedy for the nasal obstruction will greatly depend on the causative factor of the condition. ...
External Nasal Valve Collapse and Functional Rhinoplasty
Functional rhinoplasty is one of the many several different types of rhinoplasty. The main and primary purpose why functional rhinoplasty will be performed is to reconstruct the anatomical structure of the nose to improve nasal breathing. Functional rhinoplasty is not done with a cosmetic purpose but for health purposes. Not all people are candidates to undergo functional rhinoplasty. Functional rhinoplasty will be indicated if the...
Risks and Benefits of Functional Rhinoplasty
Functional rhinoplasty is a specific type of rhinoplasty done to improve the patient’s breathing pattern through the nose and get rid of symptoms brought about abnormalities in the anatomical features of the nose. Most of the time, functional rhinoplasty is done to patients complaining of nasal obstruction due to deviated septum. If a patient has a deviated septum, septoplasty (surgery to fix a deviated septum) is done together with...
Functional Rhinoplasty
Rhinoplasty has 2 different purposes, for cosmetic purposes and for functional purposes. In functional rhinoplasty, rhinoplasty is done to help the patient breathe better. There are some cases of functional rhinoplasty that do not involve changing the shape and appearance of the external area of the nose. Functional rhinoplasty may only require doing some changes in the internal structures of the nose to help the patient breathe...
