Ethnic Rhinoplasty in Los Angeles

Home > Plastic Surgery in Los Angeles > Facial Surgery in Los Angeles > Rhinoplasty in Los Angeles > Ethnic Rhinoplasty in Los Angeles

Every individual has a unique structure to their nose, which plays a central role in their facial appearance. When dissatisfied with this part of your appearance, it can literally stare you in the face with each glance in the mirror. However, broader surgical techniques might not always produce results balanced with your individual features. Ethnic rhinoplasty involves an adaptive approach that enhances your aesthetic without compromising what makes you unique. Dr. Kenneth Kim provides several popular options for ethnic rhinoplasty in Los Angeles, including African American rhinoplasty, Hispanic rhinoplasty, and Middle Eastern rhinoplasty.

What Is Ethnic Rhinoplasty?

A Custom Nose Job Tailored to Your Singular Appearance

Ethnic rhinoplasty is a cosmetic procedure nose job that will improve your appearance while honoring the distinctive features of your ethnic heritage. The techniques used and adjustments made will be tailored to ensure a natural-looking result that enhances your appearance.

Two core elements of ethnic rhinoplasty in L.A. include:

Understanding of Nasal Anatomy: Your surgeon must fully understand the traits unique to your nose’s structure. Otherwise, they may over- or under-correct its shape and size.
An Eye for Facial Balance: The nose plays a central role in the face’s appearance. The wrong changes can lead to unharmonious results that do not look natural.

African American Rhinoplasty

Also called a Black nose job, this procedure is designed to address common concerns among African American patients. The noses of our African American patients tend to:

Be wider
Have a lower bridge
Have a more bulbous and under-projected tip

When addressing these concerns, Dr. Kim takes care to craft balanced outcomes. Rather than creating a thin nose with a high bridge, he makes subtle adjustments that allow the nose to look more dynamic without an unnatural feel.

Dr. Kim wants to augment your appearance by helping you to look your personal best. True beauty is never born of imitation. Dr. Kim believes real beauty comes from within.

Hispanic Rhinoplasty

Patients with Hispanic heritage can have diverse nasal features. One of the common aspects is thicker skin, which requires a specialized approach. Additionally, some nose features addressed for patients with Hispanic rhinoplasty include:

A lower or drooping nasal tip
A higher nasal bridge
A wider nasal tip

Hispanic ethnicity covers a broad range of heritages, each with subtle differences in appearance. When building a plan for a Hispanic rhinoplasty, Dr. Kim adapts his approach based on your individual features. He takes into account aspects such as skin thickness and underlying structures to produce balanced results.

Before and After Photos

View More Photos

Middle Eastern Rhinoplasty

Patients with Middle Eastern heritage can have thicker nasal skin and other features that require a personalized approach. Middle Eastern rhinoplasty often focuses on a reduction in the nose’s size. This involves careful removal of cartilage or bone to create a nose shape and size that matches the patient’s natural features.

Some common aspects addressed with Middle Eastern rhinoplasty include:

Longer nose shape
Notable nose bump in profile
A droopier tip (often more noticeable when smiling and more pronounced with age)

Benefits of Choosing an Ethnic Rhinoplasty

The nose is a focal point of our entire countenance. Most people seek rhinoplasty because they are unhappy with an overly large or imbalanced nose. An ethnic rhinoplasty will restore symmetry to your face and harmony to your appearance without changing your fundamental look.

Some key benefits for ethnic rhinoplasty patients when working with Dr. Kim include:

Expert care that maximizes patient safety
Awake procedures that avoid the risks of general anesthesia
Precise techniques that result in minimal internal scarring for more refined results
Attentive follow-up until you see your final results

Is an Ethnic Rhinoplasty Right for Me?

Ethnic rhinoplasty is best for Los Angeles patients who want to alter their nose shape without creating facial imbalance. The procedure’s goals are not to create a standardized nose that fits a Western beauty ideal. Instead, it is about crafting a nose shape that is balanced and aligned with your natural features.

Additionally, the best age for rhinoplasty is when your nose has reached adult size, starting at about 16 years old (for female patients) and 18 years old (for male patients). Before this, the nose shape is still developing. Thus, any surgical changes may look different once the nose reaches adult size.

How to Prepare for Your Procedure

Abstain from medications that may exacerbate bleeding (i.e., blood thinners)
Avoid smoking and any tobacco use
Arrange for a ride and caregiver to pick you up after surgery
Anticipate your needs during recovery and stock up on food and medical supplies

Ethnic Rhinoplasty Procedure Details

Anesthesia

Dr. Kim’s core surgical tenets are safety and precision. He performs awake procedures, allowing patients to avoid the dangers and drawbacks of general anesthesia (such as memory loss). Local anesthesia still prevents any pain. However, many surgeons do not use it because it requires an exact surgical hand. Dr. Kim’s skill allows for patients to remain awake without any pain, and his precision crafts more refined results that last longer and better match your targets.

The Surgery

The duration of your procedure will vary. Most range somewhere between 3 and 4 hours. Dr. Kim creates a comfortable and relaxed environment that allows the procedure time to pass smoothly. Patients may also have anxiolytics (such as Valium or Xanax) to further reduce any procedure-related stress. Once your surgery concludes, you can return home right away with someone to drive you.

The Recovery

One of the advantages of precise awake surgery is that patients have a shortened recovery time. Some swelling is normal but should quickly subside.
Dr. Kim’s technique focuses on avoiding damage to internal structures, preventing internal scarring that could interfere with the quality of results.
He provides complete instructions for post-op care to help your nose heal without issue.
He sees all patients for follow-up visits to provide further support.

The Results

You should begin seeing results within a week of surgery. Since Dr. Kim’s technique avoids internal scarring, these results should remain more stable. Less precise techniques can cause scarring to form. Over time, this can alter the nose’s shape. All incisions are made in locations to hide any scarring.

Common Types of Corrections in Ethnic Rhinoplasty

Bulbous Tip Correction

A bulbous nose indicates a nose with a large amount of soft tissue at the nasal tip, which makes the overall nose wide and flat on the face. In order to correct this, we will perform a tip-plasty.

Dorsal Hump Correction

This can be corrected in two ways: one is reducing the hump by shaving the hump, which is a relatively simple procedure. The second is to augment the area between the hump which is the radix (between the eyes, the upper part of the bridge) and to bring up the nasal tip.

Droopy Tip Correction

A droopy nasal tip can be corrected using tip-plasty. If the tip requires more refinement, cartilage can be grafted to achieve the ideal shape of the nose.

Hump Reduction

A hump reduction procedure entails two important parts: smoothing out the nose bridge and elevating the drooping nose tip to obtain a harmonious and ideal nose shape.

Tip-Plasty

Tip-plasty can correct a low-sitting nose, a largely up-turned nose, a pointy nose, or a bulbous nose.

Flat and Short Nose Correction

These noses are similar to Asian noses in that the nose has to be augmented, and this is done by using one’s own rib cartilage, ear cartilage, and fascia on the scalp. These patients will notice a dramatic change, as a more pronounced nose will make the face appear smaller and more 3-dimensional (vs flat).

Ethnic Rhinoplasty FAQs

What is the best procedure to combine with ethnic rhinoplasty?

Like ethnic rhinoplasty, Dr. Kim’s approach to eyelid surgery involves a creatively crafted and expertly executed cosmetic procedure. The surgery corrects aesthetic and functional concerns while also celebrating the unique beauty of your ethnic heritage. Combining it with ethnic rhinoplasty can supplement an additional dynamic element to your facial aesthetic.

How much does ethnic rhinoplasty cost in Beverly Hills?

Dr. Kim has dedicated his career to enhancing the aesthetics of ethnic characteristics without fundamentally altering them. Hence, every ethnic rhinoplasty surgery is a custom job. At your private consultation, Dr. Kim will learn enough about your situation to provide an accurate quote with a transparent cost breakdown.

Refine Your Features at Dream Medical Group

We don’t want to change you. Instead, our goal is to help you become the best version of yourself with features that emphasize your natural beauty. Refine your features with the elite team at Dream Medical Group. Contact us to learn more and book your consultation with world-renowned plastic surgeon Dr. Kenneth Kim.

*Results May Vary

Cutting Edge, Safe Surgery

Expert in healthcare quality and safety

Based in Seoul, Korea, Dream Medical Group was founded by a team of graduates at Seoul National University dedicated to excellence and innovation in Asian aesthetic surgery. Dr. Kim was offered partnership affiliation with Dream for his in-depth scientific and technical background and serves as Dream Medical Group’s Director of Technology and Scientific Advancement.

The partnership between Dr. Kim and the Dream surgeons has led to increased expertise and innovation in Asian aesthetic surgery, which has benefited patients around the globe. Techniques have focused on blepharoplasty, rhinoplasty, breast augmentation, facial rejuvenation, and facial bone contouring and have been implemented in procedures for A-list South Korean celebrities.