This amazing young lady is smiling 6 months after her Rhinoplasty. While all the swelling takes about a year (to a year and half in some patients), I'm often asked how patients look a few months out -- about 80% of the swelling has improved and you can see how this patient underwent a subtle hump reduction, straightening of the nasal tip, tip deprojection, and other subtle tip refinements. The overall goal is to always maintain a natural result. Key maneuvers included a component hump reduction, angulated caudal septal trim, tip deprojection with a columellar strut graft, spreader grafts, alar contour grafts, and a mastoid fascia tip graft... The multiple cartilage grafts were used to help provide long-term stability and structure to maintain the aesthetic and functional goals...