Dr. Kim approaches this by planning both goals together from the very start, rather than treating function as an afterthought to appearance or vice versa. During your in-person consultation, your 3D CT scan reveals both the structural issues affecting breathing and the anatomical details relevant to your cosmetic goals, giving him a single, unified picture to design around.
Throughout surgery, decisions are made with both goals in mind simultaneously — for example, straightening a deviated septum in a way that also improves the external bridge line, or placing a spreader graft that both preserves airway function and maintains the smooth aesthetic contour you're hoping for. This integrated approach is what allows a single surgery, and a single recovery period, to address both what you see and how you breathe.
Consultation Tip
Ask Dr. Kim to walk through one or two specific decisions in your surgical plan where both function and aesthetics were considered together — this gives you a concrete sense of how integrated the planning really is.
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— Dr. Hyung-taek Kim, KOWON Plastic Surgery