Functional Rhinoplasty

A nose is a very important structure that determines the outline of the face, but it is also a very important organ for breathing. Therefore, it is important to perform surgery considering not only cosmetic but also functional aspects of rhinoplasty. The most common symptom in the functional part of the nose is nasal congestion, and symptoms can be improved only when treated separately depending on the cause of the nasal congestion.

01. Hypertrophic/allergic rhinitis

Allergic rhinitis is commonly treated with medications, but chronic rhinitis is a case in which the mucous membrane thickens and causes hypertrophy in the inferior turbinate, which controls the temperature and humidity of the air inhaled into the nose, and cannot be treated with simple drug use. In this case, there is also a way to reduce the size of the inferior turbinate mucous membrane or resection of an outer fracture of the turbinate, but recently, treatment is performed using a high-frequency device called a coblator that causes less bleeding and allows for fast recovery.

02. Septal deviation

It is a deviated septum, and the narrowing of the air passage due to the deviation of the septal cartilage or bone is usually the case. This way, symptoms can be alleviated by submucosal resection or septoplasty to remove part of the severely deviated part of the septal cartilage and bone.

03. Internal valve stenosis

Internal valve stenosis is a condition caused by superolateral cartilage that belongs to the roof of the nasal cavity or inner measure formed by the nasal tip cartilage that narrows the size of the outer valve. In this case, by transplanting cartilage in areas that have narrowed down to expand the space, nasal congestion can be improved.