Rhinoplasty (Surgical Nose Job)

Open rhinoplasty by board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Mark Deuber, using cauterization of blood vessels before incision to minimize intraoperative bleeding. No internal splints or nasal packing used post-operatively. Stitches removed at five days; the majority of swelling resolves within three to six weeks, with residual tip refinement over four to six months. A non-surgical liquid rhinoplasty using filler is also available for patients not ready for surgery.

Rhinoplasty at Lemmon Avenue Plastic Surgery is performed by Dr. Mark Deuber using the open technique — a transcolumellar incision that allows the full nasal tip cartilage architecture to be visualized and precisely sculpted rather than worked on blindly through endonasal portals. Dr. Deuber's approach incorporates pre-incision cauterization of blood vessels to reduce intraoperative bleeding and maintain a clearer surgical field throughout the procedure, which improves precision in cartilage manipulation and tip refinement. The open approach enables reliable access to all nasal subunits — the dorsum for hump reduction or augmentation, the tip cartilages for projection and rotation adjustment, the alar base for narrowing, and the septum for deviation correction — in a single operative field. Notably, the clinic does not use internal nasal splints or packing after surgery, sparing patients the discomfort of removal at follow-up and potentially reducing the risk of post-operative mucous membrane pressure. Post-operative timeline: sutures are removed at five days, and the majority of bruising and swelling resolves within three to six weeks, allowing most patients to return to professional and social activities. The tip — which swells last and refines slowest — may take four to six months to show its final definition. For patients seeking nasal shape improvement without surgery or who want to preview surgical changes, the clinic offers liquid rhinoplasty using hyaluronic acid dermal fillers to build the dorsum, lift the tip, or camouflage a hump temporarily. The two-to-three-hour surgical procedure is performed under general anesthesia at an outpatient surgical facility.