VivAer

BREATHE FREELY

VivAer

VivAer® Treatment

If you regularly experience difficulty breathing through your nose and nothing seems to help, you may have nasal obstruction. Until now, finding a long-term solution often meant surgery. Now, your physician may be able to offer you lasting relief by performing a non-invasive VivAer treatment to open your nasal airway.

A vector diagram showing the difference between a normal and obstructed nostril.

Vivaer is an in-office, minimally invasive procedure that uses low-temperature radiofrequency energy to remodel the nasal passage to improve airflow. It is used to treat nasal airway obstruction (NAO), which is a condition in which the nasal passages are blocked, making it difficult to breathe through the nose.

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What does VivAer address?

• Trouble breathing through your nose
• Nasal congestion
• Difficulty sleeping
• Difficulty breathing during physical exertion

Breathe better. Live better.

The VivAer treatment is clinically shown to provide high satisfaction and lasting relief. Patients typically return to normal daily activity the same day.

97% of patients experienced significant improvement in nasal breathing
94% of patients improved their ability to get enough air through their nose during
exercise or exertion
89% of patients reported getting a better night’s sleep

Dr. Hester shares his professional perspective on VivAer, an innovative, non-invasive, in-office procedure that has transformed the lives of countless patients struggling to breathe through their noses.

The nasal valve has always been known to e the narrowest portion of the nasal airway for patients. In the past, our ability to treat it was very complicated, usually required surgery that could change the shape of the nose. We now have a treatment option that allows us to markedly improve the nasal valve with almost no involvement of any kind of surgical procedure.

I treat a lot of patients with nasal airway obstruction. I think there are a lot of patients out there who don't know the various options or don't care for the standard options that we have to treat that which usually involve either chronic medication or surgery. The ability to treat something like this in an office-based procedure with minimal complications or risks involved I think is very valuable to the patient.

Are you a candidate for the VivAer® treatment?

To find out, take these two simple tests:

Place two fingertips on your cheeks, on each side of your nose.
Gently press and pull outward to further open your nasal passage. While holding, breathe through your nose.

Animated GIF demonstrating Cottle's maneuver for assessing nasal airway patency.

Did the Cottle’s maneuver help you breathe better? If so, you may be a candidate.

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