Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology Research
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Rhinoplasty: Our experience in Yemen during 2005-2014

4^th International Conference and Expo on Cosmetology & Trichology

June 22-24, 2015 Philadelphia, USA

Al-Siaghi Yahya

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Clin Exp Dermatol Res

Abstract :

Yemen is locatedin the south of Asia and in its occupation is near to Africa so the looks of the peoplein Yemen is a mixture of Arab and African people.Also there is another factor which is the climate and it is cold at the mountains but hot at the beach.All these factors play a role in the form of the nose of people. So the Yemeni people have the nasal form of Arabian and African people.In Yemen people use different principles of the rhinoplasty technique for correction of many types of nasal problems as nasal hump, saddle nose, big tip, and deviated nose. During 2005-2014, 34 male and 18 female, ages from 18 yrs to 45 yrs underwent rhinoplasty. Most cases were with nasal and septum deviation which is caused by trauma or cleft lip. The septum deviation was with air way obstruction. In this paper the author will show how to rectify the nasal deformity by tip correction, hump reduction, saddle nose correction by using cartilage grafting. This procedure is done by open method for by e.g. osteotomy.