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Nasal aesthetic concerns or breathing problems

By The Treatment Registry editors

Patients present with cosmetic concerns about nasal shape, with functional breathing problems (e.g. deviated septum, turbinate hypertrophy), or both. Treatment options span from intranasal medication to septoplasty to combined functional and aesthetic rhinoplasty. Stub — editorial review pending.

Treatment ladder

Conservative options are first-line where appropriate; surgical options are typically reserved for cases where lower-tier options are unsuitable or have failed. Decisions are individual and depend on clinical assessment.

Conservative

  • Intranasal corticosteroid

    For mucosal congestion. Stub.

Procedural

  • Septoplasty

    Correction of a deviated septum without external nasal change. Stub.

Surgical

  • Rhinoplasty (open or closed) · View procedure page

    Cosmetic and/or functional reshaping of the external nose. Stub.

  • Septorhinoplasty

    Combined functional and aesthetic. Stub.

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