Correction of the Nasal Hump considering the Height of the Nasal Root.

Joh, Seong Pil; Cho, Yong Cheol; Ahn, Sang Tae; Oh, Young Hwan

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 2002;29(5):469-474.
Published online September 1, 2002.

Correction of the Nasal Hump considering the Height of the Nasal Root.

Seong Pil Joh, Yong Cheol Cho, Sang Tae Ahn, Young Hwan Oh

¹Department of Plastic Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. spjoh@catholic.ac.kr
²Oh Young Hwan Plastic and Aesthetic Surgical Clinic, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Oriental hump nose is characterized by mild degree of the hump, broad dorsum, low nasal height and drooping tip. Therefore, conservative humpectomy followed by either tip-plasty or augmentation rhinoplasty yields more satisfactory results than classical Joseph's nasal hump reduction. However, the degree of the hump as well as the length of the nose can be affected by the height of the nasal root. That is, if the nasal root is too low, the hump nose may stand out and the nose will seem longer than the actual measurements. We think that it is important to consider the height of the nasal root in the course of the nasal hump reduction. During the last 2 year periods, we have classified twenty eight patients with hump nose into three groups, low(group A: 7 patients), moderate(group B: six patients) and high(group C: fifteen patients), based on the nasal root height. Each group went through different operative procedures according to their nasal root height and favorable results were obtained.

Keywords: Hump nose; Oriental; Nasal root