Functional Rhinoplasty

Functional Rhinoplasty Treatment in Lahore | Karachi | Islamabad | Rhinoplasty

Functional rhinoplasty treatment is performed to enhance breathing through your nose. Functional rhinoplasty is a very common procedure for people with a severely blocked nose.

Dr Azim J Khan also performs functional rhinoplasty when a previous septoplasty may not have worked.

Some of the patients who need a functional rhinoplasty include:

Patients who have fractured their nose many times
Ex professional sportsman
Patients who have had a previous failed nasal operation for breathing
Patients over 60 years old who have a collapsed nose
Patients who notice a collapsing side wall of their nose

Functional rhinoplasty differs between patients but the general steps are as follows:

External approach rhinoplasty
Septoplasty [Straighten cartilage in middle of nose]
Cartilage harvest for grafting
Bilateral turbinoplasty [Decrease scrolls of tissue inside nose]
Nasal valve procedure if required [Stop side wall of nose collapsing]

Improve Breathing

Having problems breathing through the nose is commonest reason for having a functional rhinoplasty. Functional rhinoplasty will strengthen the side walls of the nose as well as the tip of the nose. At the same time the scrolls of tissue called the turbinates are reduced inside the nose. As a result patients who have a functional rhinoplasty have a significant improvement in the breathing through their nose.

Improve Sleep

Improving sleep is a very common reason to have a functional rhinoplasty. Patients who notice that they have problems breathing through their nose at night and that the breathing fluctuates from side to side usually benefit from a functional rhinoplasty. A functional rhinoplasty will decrease the blocked nose as well as improve the strength of the side walls of the nose. The end result of the functional rhinoplasty is improving the ability to breathe through the nose at night, resulting in better sleep.

Decrease Snoring

Snoring is a very common problem. Snoring can come from multiple sources; one of those is the nose. If you have a blocked nose and you snore then you may benefit from a functional rhinoplasty to improve your snoring.

A functional rhinoplasty improves the strength of the nose and the nasal airway. This in turn improves the streamlined airflow through the nose, which usually has the effect of improving the snoring.

Age related nasal obstruction

As we get older several forces combine to make a blocked nose develop. Gravitational forces and loss of skin elasticity have the following effect on the nose:

These combined forces cause the very common problem of age related nasal obstruction. Dr Azim J Khan finds that if you have age related nasal obstruction then the best way to improve this is through a functional rhinoplasty.