Nose Surgery
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Cosmetic surgery of the nose—a nose job—is a common type of plastic surgery for both men and women. Nose surgery is called either rhinoplasty, for surgery to the nose as a whole, or septoplasty, for surgery to the septum, the inner wall between the two nostrils. |
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Many people have nose surgery to correct a hump or bump, to make the nose smaller, to build up the bridge of the nose, or to bring the nose into harmony with the rest of the face. Because the nose is broken quite frequently, correcting a poorly healed nose is also common. Nose surgery is often both cosmetic and reconstructive and may be performed solely to restore function to a nose that impairs breathing.
There are several types of nose surgery, ranging from cosmetic refinement to function-related septoplasty procedures to specialized revision surgery done to repair earlier surgical attempts.
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