Functional Rhinoplasty

The Art & Science of Crafting A Beautiful, Natural-looking NOSE
RHinoPlasty In Northern Virginia

Functional Rhinoplasty

A functional rhinoplasty assists in the resolution of respiratory disorders caused by nasal septum deviation, nasal turbinate hypertrophy, disorders of the sinuses, cleft nose, and traumas or injuries occurring on the nose.  Functional rhinoplasty can be done together with aesthetics goals, thereby improving the quality of patient respiratory function while reestablishing harmony of the nasal body to the rest of the face.

The nose functions to heat, filter, and humidify the air that reaches the lungs. However, nasal injuries or congenital malformation such as cleft nose can cause this functionality to be lost, resulting in the patient to experience breathing difficulties, a situation that directly impacts in the quality of life.  Functional rhinoplasty helps to rectify:

  • Deviated septum via septoplasty
  • Turbinate hypertrophy via turbinoplasty
  • Structural defects like cleft nose via cleft nose rhinoplasty

Such conditions may also directly relate to aesthetic issues. For example, a patient may have fractured their nose, which resulted in a deviated septum. In addition to having difficulty breathing, the accident may have resulted in a crooked nose that is projected to one side.

In the case of trauma and respiratory diseases, functional rhinoplasty helps to improve the following situations:

  • Fractures
  • Perforation of the septum
  • Rhinitis
  • Rhinosinusitis
  • Polyps

While select plastic surgeons may be skilled enough to perform functional rhinoplasties, depending on the degree of impairment of the nose’s functionality, the surgical expertise and leadership of a highly-skilled otolaryngologist is often necessary and preferred.  Dr. Arabshahi is an otolaryngologist with decades of experience and dozens of accolades in performing functional rhinoplasties.

why choose us?

Our training, Experience, and willingness to Ensure The Best possible results!

Dr. Alidad Arabshahi has years of experience in performing functional rhinoplasties, with hundreds of successful outcomes and happy patients. Because a functional rhinoplasty is an extremely challenging, complicated, and highly-individualized procedure, it should only be performed by a highly-trained, highly-experienced, board-certified medical expert. Dr. Arabshahi is board-certified Ear, Nose, and Throat surgeon with a professional focused interest in performing rhinoplasties. He has the expertise and experience required to masterfully work with you to craft a optimally-functioning, beautiful nose via functional rhinoplasty.

A functional rhinoplasty is a highly-intimate, highly-individualized endeavor.  Every patient’s face and functional need is different and will require a different post-surgical outcome for their nose to be in harmony with their particular face.  Dr. Arabshahi is deeply dedicated to committing the one-on-one time and attention needed for each and every patient to teach them about the rhinoplasty procedure while learning from them about exactly what outcomes they would like and clinically necessitate.  He takes a field of photographs of your face and nose and generates computer-assisted images of enhanced nose variations in order to collaboratively discover what type of nose alternations you would like and need.  Together, you will preview and discuss how your post-surgical nose would optimally function and look on your face.  

Dr. Arabshahi’s goal is to ensure that you are heard and understood.  To this end, he spends a large amount of time discussing and exploring ideas and possibilities with you to ensure that the actual rhinoplasty post-surgical outcome matches the envisioned functional and aesthetic outcome and is in harmony with the individual patient’s face.  

With top-rated surgical expertise and a commitment to maximizing patient convenience, Dr. Arabshahi has been granted privileges to performs surgical procedures in seven different hospital and surgical centers throughout Northern Virginia, including INOVA and Sentara Hospital Centers.  As a patient of Dr. Arabshahi’s, based on medical necessity, you may have the convenient option to choose from various high-quality facilities regarding where you would like for your functional rhinoplasty procedure to be performed.  

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