Effect of Surgical versus Nonsurgical Rhinoplasty on Perception of the Patient: An Eye-Tracking-Based Investigation

Because of its central location in the face, the nose plays an important role in the aesthetic perception of the face. To improve the appearance of the nose, surgical and nonsurgical rhinoplasty techniques have been described, although it still remains elusive if both options show comparable results in their aesthetic perception. This study assesses the fixation pattern and duration when looking at postinterventional images compared with baseline images for surgical and nonsurgical rhinoplasty procedures. According to this study, the nasal appearance, especially in a lateral view, is more fundamentally altered when surgical rhinoplasty is performed, compared with nonsurgical rhinoplasty.