Non-Surgical Rhinoplasty

Abstract

Although the nose has primarily a breathing function, it also represents an aesthetically defining facial feature. Non-surgical rhinoplasty is the term for non-surgical aesthetic improvement with injectable fillers and toxins, whereas surgical nasal reshaping is recognized as rhinoplasty. Rhinoplasty is one of the most requested aesthetic procedures performed by plastic surgeons, and for some years now, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons have shown a steady increase in requests for non-surgical rhinoplasty; in fact, all the minimally invasive procedures performed in the United States in 2020 accounted for a percentage higher than 85% of all the cosmetic approaches performed that year. Platyrrhine noses are found in patients of African descent and Asian groups. They have small nasal bones, a weak and thin nasal septum, a flat shape, and a low radix, and the tip usually lacks support with very acute nasolabial angles.