Rhinoplastic Surgery

Rhinoplastic surgery requires technical skills as well as artistic creativity. Skilled rhinoplastic surgeons have many years of training behind them and a plastic surgeon is never fully trained; he or she continuous to learn and train throughout the entire career.

The structures of the human nose have been developed to serve specific purposes and meddling with these structures naturally requires an in-depth understanding of the nose and how it works.

When cosmic rhinoplastic surgery is performed, the aim is usually to change the shape of the nose, make it smaller, remove a humpback, lift the tip of the nose, remove a hanging septum, remove a concave profile or make the shape of nose look smoother. Old injuries and birth defects are two common reasons behind rhinoplastic surgery .

Rhinoplastic surgery can be performed under local anesthetic, but general anesthetic is also very common. The surgery is usually performed on an empty stomach, due to safety reasons. During general anesthetic, an empty stomach is mandatory. Most surgeons will also require you to wait at least two weeks after a cold. Do not use aspirin or any other drug that can increase bleeding during the two weeks previous to scheduled rhinoplasty surgery . You should also inform your surgeon of any medication that you are currently using; prescription drugs as well as over the counter drugs and traditional remedies. Your doctor must also be informed about any illness or allergies.

Rhinoplastic surgery will typically require ½ - 2 hours of sedation, but this will naturally vary depending on the precise procedure. The incisions are frequently made inside the rim of the nostrils, but some procedures will also require incisions to be made on the rim of the nose. Today, this type of incisions will be very small and subtle.

During some types of rhinoplasty surgery , the surgeon will use cartilage or bone from the patient to shape the nose. Cartilage is a form of dense tissue that is found in the nose, the ear, the throat, the joints, the rib cage, and between the intervertebral discs. The moving of cartilage and bone occurs in cosmetic surgery as well as in surgery performed due to medical reasons. New cartilage can for instance improve breathing as well as reshape the nasal tip. Some surgeons will also use synthetic implants instead of or in combination with bone and/or cartilage from the patient. Synthetic implants are especially common in rhinoplasty surgery performed on noses where the bone and/or cartilage have been severely injured or weakened by illness.

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