Male Rhinoplasty
More and more men make appointments for rhinoplasty. The number of those who want to change the shape or size of their nose is going up every day. However, this is not the main reason why men undergo this type of nose surgery; having an operation to improve the function of the nose is still on top among the causes that drive men into a clinic for a nose job.
Men’s Nose Surgery
Just like women, men may be born with certain structural defects of the nose. A deviated septum is very common and leads to serious breathing problems. This condition is either ’inherited’ or ’acquired’ with aging. Another thing that may cause an obstruction of the air passage and thus a breathing problem is the cartilage of the nose which becomes weak and droops with age.
Both these conditions require attention and surgery seems to be the only remedy. Men live a far more active life than women do. They are far more likely to get involved in fights from childhood and practise more competitive sports.
As it is the most prominent element on the face, the nose is more exposed to accidents than any other part of the face. That’s why nose surgery for combined reasons (functional and aesthetic) is more frequently done on male patients.
Over the last decade, the number of male rhinoplasty procedures for aesthetic reasons has increased among men. They seem to be more and more concerned about their looks and, just like women, do everything they can to become more handsome. Sports play an important part in re-shaping a man’s body and they practise sports with confidence and passion. The results are sometimes incredible! However, there is no physical exercise that could improve the shape of a nose; on the contrary – boxing, for instance, makes things even worse.
Men’s nose surgery is a bit different from what it means to women. While women expect to have smaller noses after such an operation, most men are more interested in shape than in size.
The truth is few men look handsome with a button-like nose on their face because the rest of a man’s features are firmer than those of a woman and require a similar nose to balance them. So, when a man makes an appointment for a nose job he usually expects an improvement in the contour of the nose without losing the characteristic feature of it. Reshaping might mean a reduction in width but rarely in length; the surgeon may be asked to smooth the bridge of the nose and reshape the cartilage so as to make the nose more harmonious but he will rarely change the profile, unless it is crooked.
Sometimes the job of a surgeon may be easier with a male patient because of that. On the other hand, when bones are involved, things may become a bit hassling. Men’s bones are tougher and thus the operation can become more traumatic for a man – there will be more serious swelling afterwards and probably more broken blood vessels. The rest is exactly the same as it is with female patients.