Objective Assessment of Nose Tip Light Reflections in Rhinoplasty.
PURPOSE
To assess the objective and subjective analysis of facet and infratip lobule in postoperative digital pictures of rhinoplasty patients and compare them with the people with good-looking noses. With the help of simple software that measures the brightness of the pixels, we investigated the relation between light reflections and patient satisfaction.


METHODS
egardless of the technique, forty patients who underwent external open approach rhinoplasty were selected randomly. Twenty participants with a good-looking nose without operation history were selected as the control group. Digital Color Meter® in MacOS X® was used for measuring the brightness of the facets and infratip lobule. As a subjective outcome measure, the visual analog scale (VAS) was used and compared with brightness ratios.


RESULTS
The mean brightness ratios and VAS of operated noses were statistically low from the control group. There was a significant positive correlation between brightness ratios and VAS in all groups.


CONCLUSION
Our study presents the results of a simple method of measuring the light reflections of the nose tip. Noses with a good aesthetic outcome have more symmetric and subtle facets and infratip lobule. This method was feasible, and its results were correlated with patients' aesthetic perceptions.


LEVEL OF EVIDENCE IV
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['Öztürk|Arın|A|http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3321-7033', 'Sözen|Tevfik|T|', 'Karcı|Halil Bülent|HB|', 'Göde|Sercan|S|']
D000328:Adult D016022:Case-Control Studies D003952:Diagnostic Imaging D004954:Esthetics D005260:Female D006801:Humans D008297:Male D008875:Middle Aged D009666:Nose D010781:Photography D011300:Preoperative Care D012984:Software D064232:Visual Analog Scale
Light reflections Rhinoplasty Facets Nasal tip Soft triangle