What this site is for
This is a patient decision guide, not a textbook. The anatomy of the nose and the way a face is analysed sit on the Facial Aesthetic Surgery hub, and the operations themselves are described on the rhinoplasty sites. What this site adds is the part a patient has to do alone: working out that width is four separate things rather than one, discovering which of them is responsible in your own face, and knowing before you decide that narrowing the alar base means a permanent scar and a change measured in millimetres.
Who writes it
The guides are written by the clinical content team of the Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics Medical Center at Chongqing West District Hospital and medically reviewed by Tongchun Mao, MD, Deputy Director and Head of Aesthetic Surgery, who performs this surgery here. Every page carries the reviewer's name and the date it was last reviewed. Nothing on this site is attributed to a clinician who has not read it.
What we deliberately do not publish
No prices, because a real figure depends on which levels are treated, whether the airway is addressed at the same time, the anaesthetic and the facility, and a number invented for a web page misleads more than it helps. No brand names for medicines or devices. No dosages. No claims that a particular result will be achieved, and no before-and-after images used as evidence, because the result in one nose does not predict the result in yours.
The limits of a website
Nothing here can tell you how wide your bony vault is, where your nostril span sits against your face, or whether your airway is compromised. That requires someone to feel the bones, measure the base at rest and on movement, examine inside the nose and look at the whole face in a standardised photograph — findings that take minutes in person and cannot be produced through a screen. Use this site to arrive at a consultation with better questions, and treat any answer you receive here as general information rather than advice about you.