Overview
What a crooked nose looks like
A crooked nose bends, curves, or points off to one side instead of running straight down the middle of your face. The bend might be in the upper bony part, the lower cartilage, the tip, or all three. It's usually most obvious straight on and in photos.
Common causes
Some noses are simply asymmetrical from birth. Many others become crooked after an injury, like a sports hit or a fall, or heal unevenly after a previous surgery. A crooked outside often goes along with a deviated septum inside, which can make it hard to breathe through one side.
How it's straightened
Dr. Kim performs rhinoplasty to realign the nasal bones and reshape the cartilage. When needed, he carefully repositions the bones (osteotomy) and uses cartilage grafts to hold the new position. If breathing is part of the problem, septoplasty can be done in the same surgery.
Worth knowing
Crooked noses can be some of the trickier rhinoplasty cases, because bent cartilage tends to want to go back to its old shape. Solid structural support is what keeps it straight. Most swelling goes down in the first few months, but the final shape keeps refining for up to a year.
Recommended Treatment
Rhinoplasty
Nose Augmentation is for people with a low nose, a simple rhinoplasty involves placing an implant in the nose to raise the bridge of the nose. This procedure is often combined with other procedures to give an overall facial improvement. Dr. Kim is one of the only doctors to create a mold of the nose, then create an implant before surgery. This creates a much more personalized and overall better result in terms of look and fitment.
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