rhinoplasty surgery cost

Many people who seek rhinoplasty in Korea want to know the surgery price. There are hospitals where they post the price on the web site. For example, primary rhinoplasty 3,000,000 krw (Korean won), tip surgery 500,000 krw, revision rhinoplasty 4,000,000 krw, alar base resection 500,000 krw, rib cartilage use 1,000,000 krs...

I have a critical point of view on this issue. First of all, rhinoplasty is not divided into dorsum augmentation, tip surgery, alar base resection, rib cartilage harvesting, ... It is an all inclusive term. Setting price per each technique seems not rational. In addition, rhinoplasty cost differs according to the difficulty of operation, materials used, techniques applied, anesthesia, and most of all surgeon's ability and experience. One simple revision operation can be done in 1 hour but another difficult revision operation may take 6 hours. How can we set all different revision rhinoplasty cost as one same price? Why people buy luxury items? It is because people believe and admit the artisan's devotion and huge efforts to make those items special. It applies same to the rhinoplasty cost.

Rhinoplasty is different from changing parts of a car. This is an operation that surgeon's philosophy is reflected. It is a highly sensitive and most difficult operation from all aesthetic surgeries and most plastic surgeon agree with this. Arbitrary classification of surgical cost is possible, but the exact cost can only be decided after full consultation.

I want to stress that rhinoplasty differs from person to person and situation to situation. Every operation is different and each person needs different techniques customized to the individual nose. Information that patient get from internet cafe or forum can be a little help but, in most cases, those information are not exactly reflecting the individual situation.

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Deviated & hump nose correction

This lady in below photos had nasal deviation, hump nose, and tip ptosis with breathing difficulty. Septum was corrected first, and this made the lower 2/3 of the nose straight. Hump was not resected but rasped with Piezotome and this did not breach the keystone area, which made spreader grafts unnecessary.Bilateral osteotomies with Piezotome made her bone straight. Together with septum correction and effective osteotomies, her nose became straight from the frontal view. Tip was modified with sutures and onlay graft only. No strut or septal extension graft was used and this made the tip soft even after considerable amount of rotation and projection increase. Radix was augmented with bruised cartilage. Overall, she could breath much better after surgery and her nose became more harmonious and feminine.

Creating more feminine nose

The lady in below photos visited my clinic for rhinoplasty. She wanted to have more feminine nose instead of her muscline nose. She had a long nose with slight bump on the dorsum, overprojected, slightly bulbous and droopy tip, and slighly wide dorsum. Surgery was focused on creating more feminine look: hump removal, narrowing the bony dorsum with osteotomies, tip volume reduction, decreasing tip projection, and slight cephalic rotation. Photos taken 2 weeks after surgery (because she returnd back to her country after surgery) shows changes on the dorsum and the tip. Dorsum became slender with creation of smooth brow-tip aesthetic line. Tip was refined with volume reduction, slight underprojection, and cephalic rotation. Although the changes are not radical, her nose looks more feminine.

Rib cartilage rhinoplasty

Using rib cartilage in rhinoplasty needs lots of attention both in patient's and surgeon's perspective. For patient, it means additional incision on the chest, possible harvest site complications including chest pain, scar, and penumothorax, more cost, longer surgery time, and possibility of warping. From the surgone's perspective, rib cartilage is usually the last resort of autogenous material for rhinoplasty. It affords a lot of possibilities for rhinoplasty such as dorsal augmentation, tip grafts, and lots of septal grafts, all of which are not possible with other autogenous sources. It also means a lot of experience is necessary for skillful use of rib cartilage. I have used rib cartilage for rhinoplasty for more than 15 years. As cases accumulate, I can harvest the rib with small incision (less than 1.5 cm) without any complications such as peumothorax or severe pain. I do not cut the muscle and only retract it and this helps to reduce pain. Scar can be minimi...

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