A nose job can be one of the most difficult surgeries to perform for a doctor.  The nose sits in a highly visible place and defines a lot of the character of the face.  For a good nose job, your nose surgeon needs to recognize the features that define your nose as unique.  The nose doctor must also be able to make your nose correspond to the relationships with the rest of your face to create the appearance of attractiveness.

Centered Nose

In an attractive face, the bottom of the nose up to the top of the eyebrows should compose about one third of the total height of the face.  The width of the nose is ideally about one fifth of the faces width.

The Nasofrontal Angle

The shape at the top of the nose is defned as the nasofrontal angle.  It is the angle between the flat of the brow ridge, and the nose’s top.  As attractivness is normally defined, this angle is suggested to be between 115 and 130 degrees.

When a nose job requires altering of this angle the nose doctor is also changing the nose’s projection.  For horizontal reference one uses the top of the ear canal to the bottom of the eye socket.  The bottom line for the nose is perpendicular to the line and runs trought the fold at the side of the nose.  The projection is a line to the bottom line.  The projection of the nose is known as the length of the tip line.  The rusulting triangle that is formed by the projection, the bridge of the nose, and the bottom line will ideally be a 3,4,5 right triangle.  The angle of between the bridge of the nose and the vertical would be desired to be about 30-40 degrees.

Angles in the Lower Face

A connection from the end of the nose to the end of the chin should cross the line defined by the bridge of the nose, at an angle of about 120-130 degrees. The lips are ideally 2 to 4 mm behind this vector. The nasolabial angle, the angle between the lowest point of the nose and the philtrum, the depression that defines the middle of the cupid’s bow of the lips, is one of the most important characteristics in defining whether a profile appears feminine or masculine.   As always it is important that your doctor knows this information and the only way you can know this is by discussing the process with him.  The masculine angle is normally closer to 90 degrees, while the feminine angle is usually closer to 120 degrees.   Make sure you are getting the procedure that provides the results that you want.

Nose jobs can be a challenging art.  Many nose job doctors avoid these types of surgeries.  Even when they advertise that they do nose jobs, whenever they come apon a difficult nose job, they choose to refer it to a specialist, preferrring to perform only the simple ones.  But, as we’ve stated many times, your nose is a big part of how you look, and so, it’s worth making sure you get the right job done, by the right doctor.

Make sure your nose job is performed by a doctor who can explain the concepts of facial aesthetics to you.  Work with a specialist and don’t take changes with your face.

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