In emphasizing changes in the nasal tip, the rhinoplastic surgeon often neglects modifications that should be made in other aspects of the profile. Techniques that advance, retrodisplace, and inferiorly or superiorly displace the nasofrontal angle are discussed, calling attention to this part of the profile. Nasofrontal angle modifications can (1) eliminate certain hazards of tip changing alone, (2) make possible effects that cannot be achieved with tip positioning alone, and (3) make rhinoplasty more predictable in certain cases.
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