Is Rhinoplasty for cleft palate worth it?

The cleft nasal deformity is a complex challenge in plastic surgery involving the skin, cartilage, mucosa, and skeletal platform. Ever since Blair ..... Haddock N T, McRae M H, Cutting C B. Long-term effect of primary cleft rhinoplasty on secondary cleft rhinoplasty in patients with unilateral cleft lip-cleft palate. read more

Yes, cleft rhinoplasty can help improve some of the characteristic nasal features of a person who has had cleft lip and palate. This is a very specialized type of rhinoplasty that may involve taking cartilage from your ear as a graft to place in your nose. read more

Dr. Steve Byrd, Dallas plastic surgeon, describes rhinoplasty (nose jobs) for the cleft nasal deformity using rib grafts. The cleft nasal deformity is secondary to the congenital birth defect of cleft lip and cleft palate. It may affect one or both nostrils and is characterized by an underdevelopment and malposition of the lower lateral cartilages as well as loss of nasal lining and sill tissue in the nasal floor. read more