NOSE RESHAPING
Rhinoplasty, or nose surgery, is sometimes referred to as “nose reshaping” or a “nose job.
Nose cosmetic surgery improves the appearance and proportion of your nose, enhancing facial harmony and self confidence. Nose surgery may also correct impaired breathing caused by structural abnormalities in the nose.
While the shape of your nose is usually the result of heredity, the appearance may have been altered in an injury or during prior surgery.
RHINOPLASTY SURGERY CAN CHANGE :
- Nose size, in relation to the other facial structures.
- Nose width, at the bridge.
- Nose profile, with visible humps or depressions on the bridge.
- Nasal tip, that is large or bulbous, drooping, or too upturned.
- Nostrils that are large, wide or upturned.
- Nasal asymmetry and deviation.
WHAT TO EXPECT DURING NOSE SURGERY CONSULTATION?
Consultation for Nose Surgery
The success and safety of your nose surgery depends very much on your complete candidness during your consultation. You’ll be asked a number of questions about your health, desires and lifestyle before rhinoplasty surgery.
YOUR SURGEON MAY ALSO
- Evaluate your general health status and any pre-existing health conditions or risk factors.
- Examine and measure your face
- Take photographs for your medical record.
- Discuss your options and recommend a course of reshaping your nose.
- Discuss likely outcomes of a nose surgery and any risks or potential complications.
- Discuss the type of anesthesia that will be you.
BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS :
- Why you want the surgery, your expectations and desired outcome.
- Medical conditions, drug allergies and previous medical treatments.
- Use of current medications, vitamins, herbal supplements, alcohol, tobacco and drugs
- Previous surgeries.
RHINOPLASTY SU
Step 1 – Anesthesia
Medications are administered for your comfort during rhinoplasty surgery. The choices include intravenous sedation or general anesthesia. Your doctor will recommend the best choice for you.
Step 2 – The incision
Surgery of the nose is performed either using a closed procedure, where incisions are hidden inside the nose, or an open procedure, where an incision is made across the columella, the narrow strip of tissue that separates the nostrils. Through these incisions, the soft tissues that cover the nose are gently raised, allowing access to reshape the structure of the nose.
Step 3 – Reshaping the nose structure
Surgery of the nose can reduce or augment nasal structures with the use of cartilage grafted from other areas of your body. Most commonly, pieces of cartilage from the septum, the partition in the middle of the nose, is used for this purpose. Occasionally a piece of cartilage from the ear and rarely a section of rib cartilage can be used.
Step 4 – Correcting a deviated septum
If the septum is deviated, it is now straightened and the projections inside the nose are reduced to improve breathing.
Step 5 – Closing the incision
Once the underlying structure of the nose is sculpted to the desired shape, nasal skin and tissue is redraped and incisions are closed. Additional incisions may be placed in the natural creases of the nostrils to alter their size.
Step 6 – See the results
Splints and internal tubes will likely support the nose as it begins to heal for approximately one week. While initial swelling subsides within a few weeks, it may take up to a year for your new nasal contour to fully refine. During this time you may notice gradual changes in the appearance of your nose as it refines to a more permanent outcome. Swelling may come and go and worsen in the morning during the first year following your nose surgery.
Nose surgery Rhinoplasty
A nose surgery procedure to improve an obstructed airway requires careful evaluation of the nasal structure as it relates to airflow and breathing. Correction of a deviated septum, one of the most common causes of breathing impairment, is achieved by adjusting the nasal structure to produce better alignment.