Comprehensive Rib Cartilage Rhinoplasty (different from rib cartilage wrap rhinoplasty) is the most advanced nasal reshaping technique. It involves a comprehensive nasal restructuring, including the nasal bridge, nasal septum, and the entire nasal tip, using 100% rib cartilage material. This is the optimal technology for complex nasal conditions, especially for deformed or damaged noses after previous rhinoplasty procedures.

Advantages of Comprehensive Rib Cartilage Rhinoplasty:

Comprehensive rib cartilage rhinoplasty is considered a modern technology that inherits the S line technology and enhances techniques with outstanding advantages. This technology is particularly effective for patients undergoing nasal revision surgery, those with short or upturned noses, and challenging cases requiring comprehensive intervention.

Rib cartilage is a hard cartilage material harvested from a person's own ribs. Therefore, the surgeon must be experienced to ensure the patient's safety.

Rib cartilage has a high compatibility with the body, preventing complications and providing a high, beautiful nose shape that lasts long. This application is typically indicated for those with deviated septum cartilage, multiple previous nasal surgeries, or high rejection rates with synthetic materials.

Rib cartilage, as the best autologous cartilage material for nasal augmentation, is harvested from the patient's own body, ensuring 100% compatibility. This approach eliminates the risks of infection, allergy, and contraction, promising a lifelong desired nose shape.

Below are some of the outstanding advantages of rib cartilage rhinoplasty:

• Rib cartilage, when placed in the nasal septum, helps to straighten the nasal septum.
• Rib cartilage can reconstruct the nose structure, allowing the surgeon to extend the nasal tip and create a natural curve.
• In cases where the body easily rejects foreign materials, rib cartilage rhinoplasty prevents complications.
• Rib cartilage placed in the nose creates a natural height for the nasal shape, without being too high or showing the implant like synthetic cartilage.

What Does Comprehensive Rib Cartilage Rhinoplasty Offer to Customers?

• A beautiful nose shape with elegant height and harmonious lines.
• A safe nose with high compatibility due to 100% autologous cartilage, avoiding even bio-compatible synthetic cartilage.
• Lifelong maintenance of the nose shape.
• Effective prevention of complications: redness, exposure of the implant, cartilage slipping, and nasal deviation.

Who is Suitable for Comprehensive Rib Cartilage Rhinoplasty?

The comprehensive rib cartilage rhinoplasty technology is applied in challenging and complex nasal cases, specifically:

• Customers with low, unattractive nose shapes wishing to safely improve their nose shape.
• Individuals experiencing nasal complications who want to undergo revision surgery.
• Customers with weak septal cartilage.
• Those with short, upturned noses where septal cartilage intervention is ineffective.
• Customers desiring a beautiful nose using only autologous cartilage.
• Individuals aged 18 and above seeking to improve their nose shape.

If you intend to undergo rib cartilage rhinoplasty, it is advisable to do so at a younger age.

The rib cartilage is taken from the sixth rib, a common cartilage for everyone. However, for older individuals, obtaining high-quality rib cartilage is challenging due to the body's calcification process, reducing the cartilage's flexibility and quality. Additionally, older individuals take longer to heal compared to younger ones.

Considerations When Choosing Comprehensive Rib Cartilage Rhinoplasty:

• Apply the Comprehensive Rib Cartilage Rhinoplasty method to the appropriate candidates.
• Comprehensive Rib Cartilage Rhinoplasty by cartilage wrapping is a method to reshape the nasal bridge, making it higher and slimmer with the use of implant materials. Additionally, the nasal tip is protected by a layer of ear cartilage. When the nasal bridge is raised, the nasal tip and wings are also elevated. This method may not significantly improve nasal shapes with many defects like short, upturned noses, large nasal tips, and wide nasal wings.
• Avoid overly high augmentation.
• The current trend favors a high western-style nose shape with significant height. However, cartilage wrapping rhinoplasty is limited in shaping, nearly "framing" the natural S line shape for this method.
• Raising the nasal bridge too high reduces the nose's durability and may lead to complications like implant exposure, cartilage protrusion, and nasal tip redness over time.
• Do not overextend or overly elevate the nasal tip.
• Choose autologous cartilage for nasal tip protection: Autologous cartilage is very body-friendly and can remain in the body without rejection. Additionally, the rate of allergic reactions from compatible synthetic cartilage like Megaderm is very high. Megaderm gradually integrates into the nasal skin and bone, leading to fibrosis and severe nasal infections.

How is Comprehensive Rib Cartilage Rhinoplasty Performed?

1. Consultation and Examination:

   • You will have a private consultation with the doctor. During this session, the doctor will examine to identify the nasal defects and your desires, then recommend the most suitable rhinoplasty method for you. The doctor will also determine the appropriate cartilage size and how much ear cartilage to harvest.

2. General Health Check:

   • After the consultation, you will undergo an initial health check: blood tests, cardiovascular and blood pressure checks, drug reaction tests, etc., to ensure you are fit for the rib cartilage rhinoplasty surgery.

3. Nasal Shape Measurement:

   • Based on the current facial structure and your desired outcome, combined with the aesthetic knowledge and experience of Dr. Đinh Phương Đông and other skilled surgeons at D&D International Aesthetic Institute, you will have a new nasal shape measured to ensure it is the most suitable, perfect, and satisfactory.

4. Pre-sedation:

   • The doctor will administer pre-sedation to the nasal area and the cartilage harvesting area to ensure you feel no pain or discomfort during the rib cartilage rhinoplasty surgery.

5. Comprehensive Rib Cartilage Rhinoplasty:

   • Through a small incision in the right rib area, about 2 to 3 cm long, the doctor will harvest a piece of rib cartilage about 2-3 cm in length and close the incision with cosmetic sutures. The doctor will then split the rib cartilage into smaller parts to shape the nasal septum and tip. The nasal bridge (nose body) and nasal angle will still use Korean synthetic cartilage to elevate and create a soft S line shape. The doctor will also reduce the width of the nasal wings and shape the nostrils to create a harmonious nasal shape.
   • For patients with thin nasal skin, the doctor may or may not graft additional subcutaneous cartilage to protect the nasal tip and reduce nasal tip redness, depending on the case. Finally, the doctor will suture all incisions with cosmetic sutures.
   • Additional shaping of the nasal wings and tip if necessary.

6. Wound Suturing:

   • Wound suturing is crucial as it directly affects future aesthetics. Using sutures imported from Korea combined with professional suturing techniques minimizes scarring.

7. Post-operative Care – Instructions:

   • You will have a nasal splint to maintain the shape and receive instructions from the doctor on nutrition, care, and follow-up schedule to achieve the best results.

8. Scheduled Follow-up Visits:

   • Comprehensive Rib Cartilage Rhinoplasty is considered the most complex rhinoplasty technique and needs to be monitored closely. When undergoing this aesthetic method, patients should follow the scheduled follow-up visits for proper care.

Customer Images Before & After Comprehensive Rib Cartilage Rhinoplasty

Where to Get Comprehensive Rib Cartilage Rhinoplasty:

To perform rib cartilage harvesting, patients are anesthetized, ensuring no pain or discomfort. The surgeon makes a small incision of about 2-3 cm under the breast to extract the rib cartilage. This incision aligns with the bikini line, so for women, Comprehensive Rib Cartilage Rhinoplasty leaves no visible cosmetic marks.

Given that rib cartilage extraction is quite complex, the surgeon must determine how much to extract and how to ensure safety, which depends significantly on the surgeon's expertise.

The D&D International Aesthetic Institute boasts internationally standard facilities with spacious, elegant, and fully-equipped interiors, organized into separate, scientifically-arranged specialized departments. The endoscopic breast augmentation surgery room and postoperative rooms always meet sterile standards. The institute uses specialized tools that have undergone strict quality control and complies with the Ministry of Health's standards, consistently delivering the best results for customers with perfectly beautiful and stable noses without complications.

Moreover, D&D International Aesthetic Institute gathers a team of experienced doctors with solid professional skills who have successfully performed thousands of cosmetic surgeries. These doctors are well-trained and have studied in countries with advanced cosmetic industries. The team of professional, enthusiastic nurses provides 24/7 patient care.

Leading the D&D International Aesthetic Institute is MSc – Dr. Đinh Phương Đông, Deputy Head of the Burns and Plastic Surgery Department at Trưng Vương Hospital, with nearly 20 years of experience in the field. He trains 200 excellent doctors annually, further enhancing the credibility of the D&D International Aesthetic Institute.

Most importantly, with nearly 20 years of experience, solid expertise, and precise aesthetic judgment, Dr. Đinh Phương Đông has successfully performed over 1,000 cosmetic surgeries annually. This impressive number strengthens customer confidence in Dr. Đinh Phương Đông and the D&D International Aesthetic Institute.

Therefore, the D&D International Aesthetic Institute is one of the most reputable places for Comprehensive Rib Cartilage Rhinoplasty.

Post-Operative Care for Comprehensive Rib Cartilage Rhinoplasty:

What to Do:

• Apply ice continuously for 24 hours after surgery to reduce swelling. Be careful not to let ice water touch the wound.
• Follow the doctor's instructions.
• Bruising around the nose may appear after about 2 days; do not worry. Regularly apply warm compresses to help bruising fade gradually.
• Take medications as prescribed by the D&D International Aesthetic Institute doctor.
• Remove stitches 5-7 days post-surgery. Attend follow-up appointments as scheduled and inform the doctor immediately of any unusual signs.
• Sleep on your back: For the first month after surgery, try to sleep on your back to maintain the nose's shape. Elevate the head and upper body to help reduce bruising.

What to Avoid:

• Avoid getting the wound wet. Keep the wound dry, use a wet towel to clean your face, and do not wash your face with water.
• Avoid heavy work and minimize sweating during the first week.
• For one month post-surgery, avoid foods like water spinach, beef, crab, shrimp, seafood, sticky rice, and sugary foods.
• Avoid hitting the nose for one month post-surgery.
• Do not wear glasses: Avoid wearing glasses for at least one week post-surgery. Do not apply makeup until stitches are removed.
• For swollen areas, avoid direct sunlight as it can affect skin pigmentation and cause dark spots. Wear a mask and hat when going outside until swelling subsides.