PROPER DIAGNOSIS OF NASAL TIP

Aesthetic correction of the overprojecting tip is one of the most difficult and least controllable challenges of rhino-plasty. Numerous related articles (1-18) have appeared in the medical literature, proposing a multitude of corrective tech-niques, combinations and algorithms. Rather than helping the rhinoplastic surgeon solve the problem of the projecting tip, this avalanche of rules and approaches seems to further compli-cate the analysis of this highly complex deformity, and tends to render the decision-making process more elusive than ever. The approach presented hereafter proposes the use of a suture technique that may be applied universally to any over-projected nasal tip, and that delivers a predictable and satisfac-tory result