While Dr. Kanodia is highly skilled in relation to a wide spectrum of plastic surgery procedures, he has earned particular distinction for his rhinoplasty expertise. Dr. Kanodia utilizes a closed rhinoplasty technique in which all incisions are made inside the nose. This is extremely important because, unlike with an ‘open’ approach, there is no risk of visible scarring.
Rhinoplasty Surgery
Dr. Kanodia points out that in approximately 30% of the surgeries he performs, there’s no need to break bones. In addition to refining the nose’s aesthetic appearance, a side benefit of this procedure is improved nasal airways. Patients will not only be able to breath better through their nose, but they can look forward to increased endurance and higher energy levels, as well as a heightened sense of both smell and taste.
Dr. Kanodia also performs functional nasal procedures that are designed specifically to correct breathing difficulties. This type of surgery does not necessitate the breaking of bones – there’s no bruising or need for bandages – and patients can return to their normal activities within three to five days. Dr Kanodia works closely with rhinoplasty patients, ensuring that refinements not only look natural, but that they match the individual’s other facial features and personality. He notes rhinoplasty is a relatively painless, one-to-two-hour procedure, that’s performed on an outpatient basis in his state-licensed and certified facility.
Patients are generally able to resume most of their routines about seven days later.
The nose is the center of the human face, and the feature perhaps most closely associated with what we call “character.” Alteration of it’s shape must always be handled with great care, subtlety, and artistry, for no form of cosmetic surgery will so influence the way a face is perceived.
The Art of Rhinoplasty
Along with the eyes and mouth, the nose forms a constellation of character. Over 30 years of practice in rhinoplasty, Dr. Kanodia has always emphasized to his patients in consultation that the nose has to fit the face in order to achieve a natural balance. Most noses have attractive features which should be identified and left untouched. Once this is done, the task becomes one of refinement and finesse, of finding the aspects of balance that wait in potential, or to use the analogy of sculpture, that have not yet emerged from the stone.
Most noses need only minor refinements in one or more of these areas:
- Projection of the bridge
- Width of the nasal bones
- Straightening of the nasal bones
- Tip definition and nasolabial angle (i.e. the length of the nose)
Subtle and artistic enhancement in 1,2,3 or all 4 areas mentioned fine tunes the nose without changing its character. There are patients who need only tip refinement, and this can be accomplished by sculpting the tip cartilage.
