Surgery · Nasal dorsum

Hump Reduction

The dorsal line, settled in profile

Gangnam, Seoul | Board-certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Jonghwan Choi
KHIDI-registered for international patients · Apgujeong Rewind

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Define

Hump reduction rhinoplasty

What is hump reduction rhinoplasty?

The short answer

It is surgery on a nose whose bone stands proud of the line the rest of the dorsum makes. Rewind describes the shape as curved like a hawk's beak: the middle of the dorsum bulging into an arch, or a dorsum reading high because the area between the brows sits low while the tip has dropped. The published sequence has three parts. The nose is designed to the harmony of that particular face, the raised portion is shaved or trimmed down, and a silicone implant is placed so the corrected dorsum finishes smooth and even.

Source: Rewind's Korean surgical page for hump correction. Anaesthesia, operating time, the day stitches are removed and the number of days swelling lasts are absent from it, so this page states none of them. Prices come only from the clinic's price sheet.

A hump is a problem of one segment of the nose, and it is judged against the two segments on either side of it. That is why the same arch can call for different plans: on a high dorsum the correction is mostly subtraction, while on a nose that reads high only because the radix is shallow, lowering the arch alone would leave the profile flat in the middle. Rewind groups the presentations into three, and which group a nose belongs to is decided in profile at the examination.

Dr. Jonghwan Choi reviewing a treatment plan at Rewind Plastic Surgery
Fig. 01 — The profile is read and the plan set out at the desk, before any date is held
Result

Before & After

What would a hump correction before and after case show?

This operation lives or dies in the side view, so a useful case is photographed from the same angle, at the same distance, under the same light on both days. Rewind has released no dorsal case for this page. The four frames below therefore stay blank, with no stranger's profile borrowed to fill them.

Hump correction — case pairs, profile and three-quarter view

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case · dorsal hump
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Individual results may vary.
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case · dorsal hump
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Individual results may vary.
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case · hump with deviation
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case · hump with deviation
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Individual results may vary.

These frames hold no photographs at present. Once the clinic releases dorsal cases, each caption will spell out every operation that patient underwent in the same session, because a smooth profile is usually the sum of several listed items. Individual results may vary. Swelling, bruising, irregularity of the dorsal line, altered sensation and scarring can follow surgery of this kind, and nothing is decided without the doctor's examination.

Pattern

Three named patterns, one common finding

Which hump patterns does Rewind correct?

Rewind sorts hump noses into three groups and lists a fourth finding that often travels with them. The group decides how much of the plan is subtraction and how much is rebuilding.

pattern 01
The plain hump
The clinic's basic category: a dorsum arching in the middle with the rest of the nose in reasonable proportion. Here the correction is concentrated on the raised segment and the profile is judged against what sits above and below it.
pattern 02
A hump over a low bridge
Named by the clinic as the hump nose with a low dorsum. The arch reads sharper because the area between the brows is shallow, so bringing the arch down is only half of what makes the line straight.
pattern 03
A hump on a nose that is large overall
The third group: the dorsum and the hump are both substantial and the nose reads big from every angle. Patients in this group often describe a face that looks longer in photographs than it does in a mirror.
finding 04
A dorsum that is raised and off centre
Deviation and hump arrive together often enough that the clinic's price sheet carries them as one listing. Where the whole nose is being redesigned around them, rhinoplasty covers the bridge and tip work that joins it.
Sequence

Lower it, then rebuild the line

How is a dorsal hump reduced at Rewind?

The clinic publishes three steps for this operation. Two further items live on its price sheet and are pulled in only where the examination asks for them, so they appear below as rungs of their own.

01Design

The hump correction is drawn to the harmony of that face

Step one on Rewind's page is a design made to the balance of the individual face. In profile that means fixing how much of the arch comes down and where the finished line should run between the brow and the tip, before an instrument is picked up.

02Reduce

The raised portion is shaved or trimmed away

The clinic's own wording for step two begins with taking the protruding part down by shaving or trimming it. This is the subtraction half of the operation, and it is the part that determines how much of the original dorsum is still there to build on.

03Rebuild

A silicone implant carries the new dorsal line

The same published step ends with a silicone implant being inserted. Lowering an arch leaves a line that has to be re-established along its full length, and the implant is what Rewind states it uses for that. Whether anything else is needed alongside it is not written on the clinic page, so it belongs to the consultation.

04Listed

Osteotomy and graft material are separate listings, not assumptions

The clinic's price sheet carries inner and outer osteotomy as its own item, and donated rib cartilage as another. Neither is claimed here as part of your operation. Both exist as lines that the examination may or may not add, and the quote shows which ones it did.

05Check

The finished dorsum is read back in profile

Step three describes a bridge completed smooth and natural. In practice the side view is compared against the drawing while the nose is still open, since that is the last moment at which an arch left a millimetre high can be brought down.

Dr. Jonghwan Choi operating with surgical loupes and a headlight
Fig. 02 — Loupes and headlight: the dorsal line is judged at this magnification, not from across the room
Rewind

Why here

Why does lowering the dorsum come before any thought of lifting the tip?

Plenty of hump patients arrive asking for the tip to be raised until it matches the arch. Rewind's published answer is direct: because the hump stands higher than everything around it, lifting the tip to meet it over-corrects, and the better route is to smooth the hump and correct the shape as a whole. That answer is a surgical philosophy, and it is worth knowing before you choose a clinic.

01Over-correction

A tip raised to a hump's height is a nose corrected in the wrong direction

The clinic states that matching tip projection to an existing hump risks over-correction. Taking the arch down first keeps the tip working at the height your face already supports, and it keeps the profile from being pushed forward to hide a problem that could have been removed.

02One profile, one surgeon

The hump is measured, reduced and checked by the same hands

Rewind operates as a single-surgeon clinic. Dr. Choi reads the profile at the examination, sets how far the dorsum comes down, and is the person who later decides that it has come down far enough. No part of that judgement passes to anyone else.

03The year after

A reduced dorsum is watched by whoever reduced it

The clinic describes accurate removal of the raised bone and stable repositioning of the cartilage structure as what keeps the result settled. No surgeon can promise that, and individual healing differs. What can be arranged is continuity: review visits with the operating surgeon, support in your own language, and KHIDI registration for foreign patients under Reg. M-2025-01-08-09288.

Surgery in progress under the operating light at Rewind Plastic Surgery
Fig. 03 — One operating surgeon, from the profile drawing to the final check
Theatre

In the operating room

Where is a hump correction carried out?

Procedure room prepared at Rewind Plastic Surgery

Fig. 04 — The room prepared, instruments laid out, before the patient comes through

Private room on the treatment floor at Rewind Plastic Surgery

Fig. 05 — A private room on the treatment floor, for the hours after surgery

Two floors of the Richro Building in Apgujeong hold the consulting rooms, the operating room and the private rooms patients rest in afterwards. Rewind runs on one surgeon and on appointments only, with consultation slots Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday until 19:00 and Saturday until 16:00.

Raised dorsum reduced by shaving or trimming
Silicone implant re-establishes the dorsal line
Osteotomy, inner and outer, listed as its own item
Donated rib cartilage listed as its own graft item
Deviated and hump correction share one listing
Profile design drawn to individual facial harmony
Operated by Dr. Jonghwan Choi
Appointment-only scheduling · Mon·Tue·Wed·Fri 10:00–19:00 · Sat 10:00–16:00
Dr. Jonghwan Choi, board-certified plastic surgeon

Board-certified plastic surgeon

Dr. Jonghwan Choi is certified by the Korean board in plastic surgery and is the sole operating surgeon at Rewind, a clinic registered with KHIDI for the care of international patients under Reg. M-2025-01-08-09288.

Cost

Pricing

What does a hump correction cost in Seoul?

Rewind quotes the nose line by line. A hump plan usually starts from one listing and picks up others only where the profile requires them, so a quote reads as a short list.

Deviated or hump nose correctionThe main listing, covering a raised dorsum and a line that runs off centre
₩6,600,000
Osteotomy, inner and outerListed separately, added only where the nasal bones have to be brought in after the dorsum comes down
₩1,200,000
Basic rhinoplasty, bridge and tip, open approachWhere the hump is one finding inside a redesign of the whole nose
₩3,500,000
Donated rib cartilageThe clinic's graft listing is donated rib cartilage; whether graft material applies at all is an examination decision
₩2,000,000

Figures above are list prices; VAT sits outside them and the anaesthetic fee sits inside. Which lines belong to your nose is decided once the profile has been examined, and the finished list goes to you before any date is held. For a nose that has been operated on already, the clinic works from its revision rates, and those run higher than what you see here.

Fit

Suitability

Who is a hump correction for, and when is it declined?

Often a good fit

  • A dorsum that bulges in the middle so the side line never reads straight
  • A face that photographs longer than it looks, with the hump carrying the eye downward
  • A bridge with plenty of height whose shape has never been what the patient wanted
  • A large nose where dorsum and hump are both substantial and the plan is a redesign
  • A raised dorsum that also runs off centre, which the clinic prices as a single listing

Where the answer may be no

  • A shallow radix doing most of the work, where taking the arch down would leave the profile hollow in the middle
  • A nose that has already had surgery, which is assessed as revision rhinoplasty at different rates
  • Obstructed breathing, which is assessed as a function before it is treated as a line
  • Skin thin enough over the dorsum that an implant edge would be readable through it
  • A clotting disorder, slow wound healing, pregnancy, breastfeeding, or inflammation active inside the nose
After

Recovery

What does recovery after a hump correction involve?

Rewind's post-operative notes for this operation are short and physical: keep pressure and chemistry away from a dorsum that is still setting. The four below are the ones with enough detail to plan around.

Each night
The head stays high
For a period after surgery the clinic asks that sleep be taken with the head raised. It is the cheapest thing a patient can do about swelling, and it costs nothing more than an extra pillow.
Early weeks
No alcohol, no smoking
Both are named on the clinic's list of things to keep away from after this operation. Neither is a formality: both work against the healing of a dorsum that has just had bone taken off it.
About a month
Nothing rests on the nose
Spectacles are off for roughly a month, and the clinic extends that to anything else that presses or knocks the nose. The weight of a frame sits exactly on the segment that was reduced.
While it heals
Crusts are left alone
Scabs and crusts inside the nose are not to be pulled off, and wounds are not to be picked at. Removing them early takes healing tissue with them, which is the clinic's stated reason for the instruction.

Surgery on the dorsum carries its own risks alongside the general ones. Every operation can bring bleeding, infection, swelling that lingers, uneven sides, changed sensation and a scar. Specific to this one are irregularity or a palpable step where bone was reduced, a line that settles differently from the drawing, and, because an implant is used, the chance of movement, visibility through thin skin or inflammation around it. Any of these can lead to further surgery. Individual healing differs and no outcome can be promised. Bring the full history of your nose, and your regular medication, to the consultation.

Doctor

Professional

A dorsum can be lowered once. How much comes off is a judgement made in profile, at the examination and again in the operating room, and at Rewind both moments belong to the same board-certified plastic surgeon.

Dr. Jonghwan Choi, board-certified plastic surgeonRewind,
Dr. Jonghwan Choi presenting at an academic session
Fig. 06 — Presenting at an academic session; ten peer-reviewed papers are indexed under his name

Rewind's Doctor

Dr. Jonghwan Choi Medical Director

A profile is not a line drawing.
It is bone, cartilage and skin,
each settling at its own speed.

A plastic surgeon certified by the Korean board in plastic surgery, with ten peer-reviewed papers to his name and a publication record centred on the craniofacial skeleton and the nose.

Board-certified plastic surgeon (Plastic Surgery)
10 peer-reviewed publications
Medical Director, Rewind Plastic Surgery
Korean Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons
Former chief director, Apgujeong Y&T Plastic Surgery
Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
J Craniofac Surg · JKMS · Arch Craniofac Surg
Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
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Questions

Hump reduction rhinoplasty — frequently asked questions

What makes a nose a hump nose?
Rewind describes it as a nose curved like a hawk's beak: the middle of the dorsum bulging outward in an arch. The clinic adds a second version, where the dorsum reads high because the area between the brows sits low and the tip has dropped away from it.
Which three hump patterns does the clinic name?
A plain hump, a hump on a nose whose bridge is low, and a hump on a nose that is large overall. The group your nose falls into decides how much of the plan is taking the arch down and how much is re-establishing the line afterwards.
Is the hump shaved down, or is the whole dorsum rebuilt?
Both, in sequence. The clinic's published step is to shave or trim the protruding portion first, then insert a silicone implant so the corrected dorsum finishes smooth. Lowering an arch leaves a line that has to be re-established across its whole length.
Why is a silicone implant placed after the dorsum is reduced?
Because reduction alone removes the high point and leaves the remaining line to be set. Rewind states that an implant is inserted at this stage. Whether any further material is used is not published by the clinic, so that question is answered by the surgeon at consultation.
Can the tip be lifted to match the hump?
The clinic advises against it. Its published answer is that because the hump stands higher than the surrounding dorsum, raising the tip to that height risks over-correction, and the sounder route is to smooth the hump and correct the overall shape of the nose.
Will the hump return once the swelling settles?
Rewind attributes a settled result to accurate removal of the raised bone and stable repositioning of the cartilage structure. Recurrence cannot be ruled out by any surgeon, healing differs between individuals, and what the clinic can offer is review visits with the surgeon who operated.
Is an osteotomy part of every hump correction?
No. Inner and outer osteotomy appears on the clinic's price sheet as its own listed item, which means it is added when the examination calls for it and left off when it does not. Your quote shows whether it was included.
Does lowering a hump make the face look less long?
Rewind lists a face that appears long because of the hump among the reasons patients come for this operation. Changing the segment that carries the eye downward changes how the whole profile is read, with the degree of change varying between individuals.
Which graft material appears on the clinic's nose price sheet?
Donated rib cartilage, listed as its own item. It is graft material sourced from a donor, listed separately so that a plan needing it shows it as a line. Whether it applies to a hump correction at all is decided at examination.
What has to stay off the nose in the first month?
Spectacles, for roughly a month, along with anything else that presses on or knocks the nose. The clinic also asks that crusts inside the nose and healing wounds be left alone, since pulling them away takes recovering tissue with them.
Why are alcohol and smoking singled out after this operation?
Both appear on Rewind's own list of things to avoid following hump correction. The instruction stands alongside sleeping with the head raised, and the clinic groups them as the habits most likely to work against a dorsum that is still settling.
Which parts of the plan are settled only at examination?
Four of them: which anaesthesia is used, how long the operation runs, whether an osteotomy is added, and whether any graft material is needed. The clinic publishes none of these in advance, and nothing is estimated on this page in their place.
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Scientific evidence

Published research on dorsal hump techniques, graft material and implant behaviour

The first two compare the two families of dorsal technique under trial and review conditions, one as a randomised prospective study and one as a meta-analysis of what patients themselves reported. The third follows donated costal cartilage as graft material over two years in Asian noses. The last two describe what can happen around a nasal silicone implant: the tissue capsule that forms about it, and what is done when one extrudes or becomes infected. None of these studies was conducted at Rewind Plastic Surgery, none forecasts an individual result, and each describes its own technique and setting.