Rhinoplasty

Try a new nose on your own photo, before you decide.

What the operation involves, how recovery goes, what it typically costs, and a simulator to show your surgeon the change you want. Surgeons will find the measurements and controls further down.

Try it on your photo For surgeons

BeforeSimulated

Front view

Tip width refined by 0.9 mm and alar base width narrower by 1.2 mm on an AI-generated face. Simulator output, illustrative only.

At a glance

What rhinoplasty is.

Rhinoplasty reshapes the nose: the bridge, the tip, the nostrils, or all of them. In a closed rhinoplasty the cuts are inside the nostrils. An open rhinoplasty adds a small cut between them, which gives the surgeon a clearer view of the cartilage. If the septum is crooked, it can be straightened in the same operation to help breathing.

In surgery, asleep or sedated: 1.5–3 h
Nights in hospital, often none: 0–2
Off work or school: 1–2 wk
Until the final shape shows: 1 yr

Nose types

Common nose shapes, each set in the simulator.

Each case is a different AI-generated face. The after is the simulator's own output, captioned with the controls that made it.

BeforeSimulated

Dorsal hump

A bump on the bridge, plainest in profile. Dorsal height lowers it and leaves the tip as it is.

Dorsal height smaller by 2.2 mm on an AI-generated face. Simulator output, illustrative only.

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Recovery

Recovery, week by week.

What most people go through after a first rhinoplasty.

About 1 week
Splint off
The splint and stitches come off at about a week, sometimes two. Any packing inside the nose is out within a few days.
1 to 2 weeks
Back to work or school
Most people are back at a desk or in class within one to two weeks.
2 to 3 weeks
Bruising fades
Bruising and redness around the eyes and nose fade over two to three weeks.
4 to 6 weeks
Exercise again
Walking is fine within days. Strenuous exercise and contact sports wait four to six weeks. Keep glasses off the bridge until your surgeon says otherwise.
2 to 6 months
Swelling settles
Most of the swelling is gone within a few months. The tip is the last part to settle.
About 1 year
The final shape
The refined result, especially at the tip, is judged at about a year.

Typical timings from the NHS, ASPS, BAPRAS, Cleveland Clinic and MedlinePlus. Your surgeon's plan comes first.

Cost

What a first rhinoplasty typically costs.

Typical ranges for a first rhinoplasty. Revision and rib-cartilage work cost more. Your quote depends on the surgeon, the technique and what the fee includes.

What a first rhinoplasty typically costs.
Where	Typical range
Mumbai, インド	₹1L – ₹2.5L
Delhi, インド	₹90k – ₹2.5L
Bengaluru, インド	₹80k – ₹2L
Pune, インド	₹70k – ₹1.6L
Bangkok, タイ	฿60k – ฿200k
London, イギリス	£8,000 – £15,000
アメリカ合衆国	$8,000 – $20,000

Compiled from clinic price lists and medical travel sites published in 2025 and 2026. A guide only, not a quote.

Before your consultation

Bring the picture, and your questions.

Try the change on your photo
Move one part at a time until it looks right to you, then save the before and after to show your surgeon.
Check the surgeon
Ask about their training, how many rhinoplasties they do, and to see their own before and after photos.
Ask what is realistic
Show the picture and ask what your skin, cartilage and breathing allow. The simulation is a starting point, not a promise.
Ask about the plan
Open or closed, what the fee includes, where you recover, and when you come back for checks.

Questions patients ask

No. It shows a proposed change on your photo so you and your surgeon can agree on direction and degree. It does not model healing, skin thickness or cartilage.

Most people describe soreness and a blocked nose rather than severe pain. Ordinary pain relief usually covers it, and it eases within a few days to a week.

Largely, yes. The change is long-lasting, though your nose keeps ageing with the rest of your face.

Often. If the wall between the nostrils, the septum, is crooked, it can be straightened in the same operation. This is called a septorhinoplasty.

Old enough that your nose has finished growing. Many surgeons wait until about 15 to 16 for girls and a little later for boys.

Bleeding, infection, a numb nose, trouble breathing, a changed sense of smell, and a result you are not happy with, which sometimes means a second operation. A hole in the septum is a rare risk.

For surgeons

What the simulator gives you in the consultation.

The nasal analysis with its published references, every control with its range, and how to run it with the patient in the chair.

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What it measures

The nasal analysis and its published references.

The simulator measures these on the patient's photo. Each table gives the published reference, the group it was published for, and its source.

Front view

Front photo of an AI-generated model face with the simulator's nostril base and inner eye corner marks, printing an alar to intercanthal ratio of 0.95 against a reference of 0.85–1.15. — Alar to intercanthal ratio
The simulator marks the nostril base and the inner eye corners on the front photo of an AI-generated model face, then prints their ratio: 0.95, against a reference of 0.85–1.15 (Farkas, 1994). Simulator output, illustrative only.

Front view
Measurement	What it is	Reference	Applies to	Source
Alar to intercanthal ratio	Nostril base width against the distance between the inner eye corners.	0.85–1.15	Either sex, population not stated, observed	Farkas, 1994
Alar to intercanthal ratio		1.00	Either sex, Caucasian, point ideal	Brito et al., 2020

Side view

BeforeSimulated

Profile

Dorsal height larger by 2.8 mm and tip projection projected by 2.3 mm on the profile of an AI-generated model face. Simulator output, illustrative only.

In the simulator, side-view angles are measured on a profile photo like this one. The table below gives their published references.

Side view
Measurement	What it is	Reference	Applies to	Source
Nasofrontal angle	The angle at the nasion between the forehead and the bridge.	115–135°	Either sex, Caucasian, ideal	Powell and Humphreys, 1984
		130°	Male, Caucasian, point ideal	Brito et al., 2020
		134°	Female, Caucasian, point ideal	Brito et al., 2020
		129.2–147.8°	Male, Turkish, observed	Yılmaz et al., 2023
		133.5–149.7°	Female, Turkish, observed	Yılmaz et al., 2023
		139°†	Either sex, East Asian, point ideal	Liang et al., 2022
Nasolabial angle	The angle between the columella and the upper lip.	90–95°	Male, Caucasian, ideal	Brito et al., 2020
		95–110°	Female, Caucasian, ideal	Brito et al., 2020
		90–109°	Male, Turkish, observed	Yılmaz et al., 2023
		91.1–109.9°	Female, Turkish, observed	Yılmaz et al., 2023
		106°	Either sex, East Asian, point ideal	Sun et al., 2022
Nasomental angle	The angle at the tip between the nasion and the chin.	120–132°	Either sex, Caucasian, ideal	Powell and Humphreys, 1984
Goode ratio	Tip projection divided by nasal length.	0.55–0.60	Either sex, Caucasian, ideal	Brito et al., 2020
Goode ratio	Tip projection divided by nasal length.	0.63†	Either sex, East Asian, point ideal	Sun et al., 2022
Total projection*	Alar crease to tip, against nasion to tip.	0.67	Either sex, population not stated, point ideal	Mastering Rhinoplasty
Tip rotation*	The angle of the tip, measured at the alar crease from the vertical.	100°	Male, population not stated, point ideal	Mastering Rhinoplasty
Tip rotation*		105°	Female, population not stated, point ideal	Mastering Rhinoplasty
Columellar parallelism*	Whether the tip axis runs parallel to the columella.	0°	Either sex, population not stated, point ideal	Mastering Rhinoplasty
Nasal length	Nasion to tip, against midface height.	0.67	Either sex, population not stated, point ideal	Mastering Rhinoplasty

Ideal: an author's target range. Point ideal: one published value with no range. Observed: the spread measured in that group, not a target. * The simulator estimates one landmark of this reading. † From a secondary source; check the original.

References are textbook norms, drawn mostly from Caucasian populations. Use them as reference points for discussion, not as targets for every patient.

Also drawn in the simulator as guides, with no reference listed: Intrinsic projection, Dorsal line, Tip-defining point, Nose symmetry, Nasal thirds, Dorsal aesthetic lines, Facial thirds and fifths, Frankfort horizontal.

References

Brito, Avashia, Rohrich. Evidence-based nasal analysis for rhinoplasty: the 10-7-5 method. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 2020;8(2):e2632.
Farkas LG. Anthropometry of the Head and Face. 2nd ed. 1994.
Liang et al. J Craniofac Surg 2022;33(8):2486–2492.
Mastering Rhinoplasty, p.111, Fig. 4.7 (a–c), "Aesthetics: extrinsic factors".
Powell, Humphreys. Proportions of the Aesthetic Face. 1984.
Sun, Liang et al. J Craniofac Surg 2022;33(1):7–10. Preference survey of 703 raters, including 50 surgeons.
Yılmaz et al. Anatomy 2023;17(2). Measured in 142 Turkish adults; ranges are mean ± 1 SD.

What you can adjust

Each control moves one part of the nose.

The slider shows its value in millimetres or degrees, inside a fixed range.

Each control moves one part of the nose.
Control	What it changes	Range	View
Dorsal height	Reduces a hump or builds up a low bridge.	−4 to +4 mm	Front and side
Dorsal width	Narrows or widens the middle of the bridge.	−4 to +4 mm	Front
Tip width	Refines or widens the tip.	−3 to +3 mm	Front
Tip rotation	Turns the tip up or down.	−15 to +15°	Front and side
Tip projection	Brings the tip forward or back.	−5 to +5 mm	Front and side
Nasal length	Shortens or lengthens the nose.	−5 to +5 mm	Front and side
Alar base width	Narrows or widens the nostril base.	−4 to +4 mm	Front
Deviation correction	Moves a crooked nose toward the midline.	−3 to +3 mm	Front

Also: each side adjusted on its own, bony base width for surgeons, four one-tap presets, and a brush for fine edits.

In the consult

With the patient in the chair.

Photograph front and side
In published studies, side views matched results more often than front views. Take both.
Turn on the overlays
Show the patient where their angles and ratios sit against the textbook references.
Adjust together
Move one control at a time so the patient sees each change.
Keep the picture
Download the before and after image for the record.

The research

What rhinoplasty imaging studies found.

These studies used other imaging tools, not Faceify.

79.5%
of 112 rhinoplasty patients rated the side-view simulation very close to or identical with their result. For the front view, 41.1%. (Punthakee et al., 2009)
68%
of 300 ratings by 12 blinded surgeons judged the simulation a realistic picture of the result, fully or with room to be closer. In 32% it was not. (Agarwal et al., 2007)
57%
of patients who were not offered surgery were unsatisfied with the proposed simulation, against 16% of those who went ahead. (Lekakis et al., 2020)
0.66
correlation between how closely the simulation matched the result and patient satisfaction, across 38 rhinoplasties. (Yamamichi et al., 2025)

Sources

Agarwal A, Gracely E, Silver WE. Realistic Expectations: To Morph or Not to Morph? Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2007;119:1343–1351.
Lekakis G, Sykes J, Hens G, Hellings PW. Morphing as a Selection Tool in the Rhinoplasty Consult: A Cross-Sectional Study. Facial Plastic Surgery. 2020;36:112–119.
Punthakee X, Rival R, Solomon P. Digital Imaging in Rhinoplasty. Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. 2009;33:635–638.
Yamamichi K, Nakanishi Y, Chen CY. Three-Dimensional Simulation Accuracy and Patient Satisfaction With Rhinoplasty. Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum. 2025;ojaf110.

Questions surgeons ask

No. It shows a proposed change on the patient's photo so you can agree on direction and degree. It does not model healing, skin thickness or cartilage.

A well-lit front photo and a true side profile. Side-view measurements such as the nasolabial and nasofrontal angles need the profile.

No. They are textbook norms, drawn mostly from Caucasian populations. Use them as reference points for discussion, not as targets.

Yes, for rhinoplasty. Live camera mode shows the change on the patient's face in real time, and the camera frame is processed on the device.

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Rhinoplasty

Try a new nose on your own photo, before you decide.

What the operation involves, how recovery goes, what it typically costs, and a simulator to show your surgeon the change you want. Surgeons will find the measurements and controls further down.

Try it on your photo For surgeons

BeforeSimulated

Front view

Tip width refined by 0.9 mm and alar base width narrower by 1.2 mm on an AI-generated face. Simulator output, illustrative only.

At a glance

What rhinoplasty is.

In surgery, asleep or sedated: 1.5–3 h
Nights in hospital, often none: 0–2
Off work or school: 1–2 wk
Until the final shape shows: 1 yr

Nose types