Журнал легочной медицины

Nasal Tip and Breathing

Lidia Guimarães

Nowadays, talking about aesthetic rhinoplasty without considering nasal function is unacceptable Asthetics, as well as funcional parameters, adapted to the world globalization and racial diversity boosted a more versatile and actual beauty concepts. This presentation sustains why is so important to have in mind the principles of nasal airflow, related to the underlying conditions of the nasal strutures, and laws of Physics applied to nasal flow and aesthetics Understanding our pacients in these perspectives, surely will lead us to more specific and adequate surgical procedures with better results. The nasal tip, as a complex suspended and mobile structure has a specific dynamic that should be considered while treating this subject Our challenge as surgeons is to treat a huge diversity of nosesadapting and improving our technical skills for the best result .The concepts will explained an some cases will be presented