Tip rhinoplastic operations using a transverse columellar incision

In more than 300 cases of aesthetic and corrective rhinoplasty, the author's experience should encourage plastic surgeons to consider the use of the transverse columellar incision for better exposure of the nasal tip area. Five case studies are briefly included and the author encourages the reader to look upon this operative approach with more favor and not consider it a technique to be tabooed or avoided.