Secondary rhinoplasty is to correct the deformities which have developed due to the fact that the discomfort of persons, who have undergone nose surgery previously because of respiratory distress caused by any reason or aesthetic purposes, have not been eliminated or secondary to the first operation.
These are problems such as the continuation of respiratory distress or occuring of a previously non-existent respiratory distress, failing to curve the nasal dorsum or curving it extremely, problems occuring during the reshaping of nasal tip and in the angle, saddle nose and inverted V deformities.
If necessary, cartilages could be taken from rib and ear to correct these problems. Tough we know that the nasal reshaping may have more success in the first operation it is useful to proceed by knowing such a deformity is an absolutely resolvable and correctible problem.