{"id":15809,"date":"2026-01-01T06:56:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T06:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/plastic-surgery-before-and-after\/rhinoplasty-before-and-after-28-year-old-uk-patients-dorsal-hump-transformation\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T09:44:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:44:59","slug":"rhinoplasty-before-and-after-28-year-old-uk-patients-dorsal-hump-transformation","status":"publish","type":"before-after","link":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/plastic-surgery-before-and-after\/rhinoplasty-before-and-after-28-year-old-uk-patients-dorsal-hump-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhinoplasty Before and After: 28-Year-Old UK Patient\u2019s Dorsal Hump Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":29960,"template":"","meta":{"h1_first_part":"Rhinoplasty Before and After:","h1_second_part":"28-Year-Old UK Patient\u2019s Dorsal Hump Transformation","patient_age":"28","patient_country":"UK","primary_concern":"<p>This 28-year-old UK patient set an unusual benchmark for her surgery: her passport photo. She wanted the dorsal hump gone \u2014 the feature she had photographed around since her teens \u2014 but insisted on still being immediately recognisable, with the character of her heritage intact.<\/p>\n<p>Months of studying <strong>rhinoplasty before and after<\/strong> results had taught her the difference between noses that were corrected and noses that were replaced. Her case sits firmly in the first category.<\/p>","surgeon_approach":"<p>Her <a href=\"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/rhinoplasty-nose-job-in-turkey\/\">rhinoplasty<\/a> was performed as a structural open procedure, built on reduction and rotation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hump reduction:<\/strong> the bony and cartilaginous prominence lowered into a smooth, gentle slope \u2014 the change that transforms a side profile while leaving the front view essentially familiar.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Measured tip rotation:<\/strong> the tip lifted just enough to balance the new bridge, calibrated against her facial proportions rather than a template.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Identity audit:<\/strong> at each stage, the test was her own brief \u2014 would her passport photo still be obviously her? It is.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What the after photos show:<\/strong> the hump gone, the profile softened, and a face that reads exactly as before \u2014 minus the one feature she never chose.<\/p>\n<p>UK patients plan rhinoplasty remotely from photographs and video consultation, starting via our <a href=\"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/contact\/\">contact page<\/a>.<\/p>","recovery_timeline":"2 weeks"},"before-after-procedures":[130],"before-after-categories":[121],"class_list":["post-15809","before-after","type-before-after","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","before-after-procedures-rhinoplasty","before-after-categories-facial-plastic-surgery"],"permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/before-after\/15809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/before-after"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/before-after"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/before-after\/15809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29961,"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/before-after\/15809\/revisions\/29961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"before-after-procedures","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/before-after-procedures?post=15809"},{"taxonomy":"before-after-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/before-after-categories?post=15809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}