Peet Aufricht Glabellar Nasal Rasp, Diamond Coated Curved

What a Peet Aufricht glabellar nasal rasp is

The nasal root is the awkward end of a rhinoplasty. It sits deepest in the wound, the skin over it is the thinnest on the whole nose, and the bone there curves in two directions at once as it runs up between the brows into the glabella. A straight rasp pushed up to that point has its handle jammed against the nostril rim and its face at the wrong angle to the bone. The Peet Aufricht glabellar nasal rasp is the answer to that geometry.

The shank is curved, which moves the face off the line of the handle and lets the surgeon lay grit flat on the root while the hand stays outside the nose. The face is diamond coated. Between them, those two decisions turn the least accessible part of the dorsum into an ordinary finishing pass.

Key design features

The curved shank

This is the whole reason the pattern exists. Straighten the shank and the face can only meet the root at an angle, which means one edge of the grit digs while the rest of it floats. Curve it and the face lies flat on a surface the hand cannot see, which is the difference between shaving the root and gouging it.

A diamond coated face at the thinnest skin on the nose

Over the root the soft tissue envelope is at its thinnest, so any ridge left in the bone will show. Bonded grit removes a few microns a stroke and cannot bite, skip or lever, and the rate hardly changes with hand pressure. On bone this thin under skin this thin, an abrasive that cannot catch is not a refinement, it is the only sensible choice.

Shaped for the glabella, not just for the nose

The glabella is the flat area between the brows, and it is worked in its own right in facial contouring as well as at the top of a rhinoplasty. The curved face that follows the nasal root also follows the shallow hollow above it, which is why this pattern turns up on maxillofacial lists too.

The handle

Flat and wide, held in the palm. At the root there is less room and less vision than anywhere else in the operation, so the stroke is short and repeated, and the handle is sized to hold the face at a constant angle through a dozen small pulls.

Which Peet rasp reaches where

This page is the curved glabellar pattern and it carries no size options, so the choice here is about reach and face shape. The table is written so a buyer can rule this page out as easily as rule it in.

Where it is used

It is bought for the nose and used rather more widely than that, which is worth knowing before a hospital buyer prices a set.

What it abrades, and what it must leave alone

At the root the margin for error is smaller than anywhere else on the nose, so this list matters more here than on a dorsal rasp.

How it compares with the other finishing surfaces

Four things are used at the root and three of them are the wrong choice most of the time. This is the comparison, including the argument against this page.

Materials and finish

Every Peet Aufricht glabellar nasal rasp we make is cut from high quality medical grade stainless steel. The steel itself is made to a German specification. We do not publish a grade number, because the number on a certificate tells a surgeon nothing about how an abrasive face holds up after fifty autoclave cycles, and the answer to that is in the finish rather than in the alloy.

The grit is bonded to the face; the rest is passivated and satin finished, so nothing glares under the light, nothing is plated and nothing is brazed. The grit is the part that wears. As it ages the face feels smoother rather than rougher, and a smooth face has stopped cutting, which is the point to replace it rather than the point at which it looks worn.

Caring for it

Rinse it under running water before the trolley is cleared. Bone paste sets hard in bonded grit, and on a curved face it collects inside the curve where a brush reaches last. That one habit decides whether the instrument lasts two years or ten.

Then a soft nylon brush worked along the face and into the curve, never across the grit and never wire. Enzymatic cleaner, ultrasonic cycle, deionized water rinse, dry fully, autoclave at 134 degrees Celsius. Store it with the face clear of other instruments.

Ordering and wholesale

The Peet Aufricht glabellar nasal rasp is made in our own workshop and sold direct, which is why the price sits where it does against the catalogue houses. Order one for a single set, or in quantity for a hospital list or a distributor line; we do OEM work under your own brand and your own item numbers, and we will hold a run to your pattern rather than ours if you send a sample. Stock items ship from our own workshop. Backorder items take 10 to 12 working days to make. Every instrument carries a three year replacement warranty against manufacturing defects. Production is controlled under an ISO 13485 quality management system.

Frequently asked questions

What is a Peet Aufricht glabellar nasal rasp used for?

Smoothing bone at the nasal root and the glabella, the part of the dorsum that sits deepest in the wound and carries the thinnest skin. It is used at the end of a dorsal reduction, once the hump is down, to make the new profile run cleanly up between the brows instead of stopping in a step a patient can feel.

Why is the Peet Aufricht rasp curved?

Because the root cannot be reached in a straight line. A straight shank puts the handle against the nostril rim and the face at an angle to the bone, so one edge of the grit digs while the rest does nothing. The curve moves the face off the handle line and lets it lie flat on a surface the surgeon cannot see directly.

What is the difference between the glabellar rasp and a dorsal rasp?

Reach and face shape. A dorsal rasp is flat and straight and levels the top of the nose, and it is self limiting because a flat abrasive stops cutting once the whole face is in contact. A glabellar rasp is curved so that it can get to the root at all, and it keeps cutting wherever it is placed, so the surgeon and not the instrument decides when to stop.

Does the Peet Aufricht glabellar rasp come in forward and backward cut?

Not on our catalogue. This item is the curved diamond coated pattern and we do not list cut direction options against it, so we do not claim any. If a forward cutting or cross cutting face is what your surgeon asks for, that is a different pattern in the same category and we will quote it.

How should it be cleaned and sterilized?

Rinse immediately, brush along the grit and into the inside of the curve with soft nylon, then enzymatic cleaner, ultrasonic, deionized water rinse, dry, and autoclave at 134 degrees Celsius. No wire brush, no cross stroke across the grit, and store it so the face touches nothing.

Related products and categories

The rest of the Peet family, and the coarse rasp that comes before it: Peet Cottle nasal rasp, flat diamond coated for the flat dorsal pass, Peet nasal rasp, diamond coated, four tip options if you want the choice of face on one code, and McIndoe nasal rasp, tungsten carbide for the bone that has to come down before any of this.

The whole family is in raspatories and saws, and the tray it belongs to is in rhinoplasty instruments.