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...
