Nasal Deformity in Art Rhinoplasty (Surgery of the Nose)

The Sphinx at Giza has been missing its nose since the 14th century. Here the nose has been rebuilt with styled after Khafre's statue. Continue exploring rhinoplasty, nasal surgery, & sculpture of the nose by Dr. Michael Bermant, MD plastic & cosmetic surgery.

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Learn more about Rhinoplasty surgical sculpture of the nose:

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The sphinx with nose reconstructed as in this statue of the pharaoh Khafre.

Notice the similarities in the facial proportions. In designing nasal surgery and rhinoplasties such proportions are important in Dr. Bermant's analysis. Each face has its own unique dimensions, where the lips lie, the nose, and the eyes. All rhinoplasties and nasal reconstructions do not need to look the same. Your better features can be accentuated, and the detracting ones softened with various surgical maneuvers.

Investigate different noses for the Sphinx by clicking on the link or picture:

Explore the web for the nose of the mummy using advanced medical techniques:

• Digital mummies on the net
• Virtual mummy (University of Illinois)

I "reconstructed" the nose on the computer. In real life the problem would have been much harder. See a case where I used a patient's forehead to rebuild a similar deformity (forehead flap nasal reconstruction).

See an actual case of dorsal hump reduction and explore what rhinoplasty has to offer.

Tour Nasal Deformity in Art

Nasal deformity, is it bothering you?

• Nasal hump and drooping tip deformity
• Rubens nasal hump and drooping nasal tip (1612)
• Bouchardon's Pope Clement XII Statue (after 1730)
• Houdon's Adrian - Cyprien Statue (19th Century)
• Italian plate (1520-25)
• Thomas Gainsborough painting Mrs. M. Fitzherbert (1780)

Deformity after nasal fracture

• Rodin man with a broken nose
• Rodin Man with a Broken Nose with computer "surgery"
• Young Duke with Deformed Nose (1785)

Nasal tip loss

• Egyptian Statue New Kingdom (1539-1295 BC)
• Roman Statue Caligula (38-40 AD)
• Ancient Statue

The Aging Face

• Face Eyelids and Neck President John Adams statue
• Paul Revere facial aging

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