Contributing Writer · Editorial staff
Percival Onyeka
Edits the publication's service journalism on large nose and assigns its reader-question pieces.
6 stories by Percival Onyeka
The ReductionBefore you reduce the hump: two breathing tests to do first
A dorsal reduction narrows the roof of the nose, and the roof of the nose is also the ceiling of the airway. If you already breathe marginally through one side, the operation that makes the profile you want can make the breathing you have worse. Two maneuvers at the mirror tell you whether that risk applies to you.
· 8 min · Percival Onyeka
The ReductionPreservation rhinoplasty: reshaping the nose without tearing it down
The technique that lowers a bump by repositioning the bridge instead of removing it, and who actually benefits.
· 6 min · Percival Onyeka
The ReductionAlar base reduction: narrowing wide nostrils and a broad nasal base
The specific fix for a nose that looks wide from the front rather than bumpy in profile.
· 6 min · Percival Onyeka
The ReductionThe deviated septum: when your nose does not work right
A crooked internal wall can block breathing, and be fixed with cosmetic work.
· 6 min · Percival Onyeka
The ReductionRefining a bulbous or drooping nasal tip
The tip is the hardest part of rhinoplasty, and the slowest to settle.
· 7 min · Percival Onyeka
The ReductionReducing a dorsal hump: the most requested nose change
The bump on the bridge, how it forms and how surgeons address it.
· 6 min · Percival Onyeka