What To Expect During A Revision Rhinoplasty - Revision Rhinoplasty Surgeon Beverly Hills
Rhinoplasty, known colloquially as a nose job
, is a plastic surgery procedure- cosmetic, reconstructive or both, depending on the situation- involving the nose. This procedure aims to correct and reconstruct the form, and to aesthetically enhance the nose; and if necessary, the procedure is also designed to restore the normal functions of the nose by correcting congenital defects, repairing nasal traumas, or respiratory impediment, and to repair any botched nose jobs. When the purpose of a rhinoplasty is to fix the problems and damages that have arisen from a failed primary (first) rhinoplasty, the rhinoplasty procedure is known as a revision rhinoplasty.
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The most common problems that patients want to fix after a not-so-great nose job are: underresection (when not enough nasal tissue has been taken off), overresection (when too much nasal tissue has been taken off), and asymmetry (when the right and left sections of the nose are not equal). Each of these problems can occur independently or they can occur as a group of two or three; one part of the nose may be affected by overresection and another part may be affected by underresection, making the nose ultimately suffer from asymmetry. Surgeons have commented that it is easier to fix underresection problems because they can be solved by taking out more tissue in the nose, whereas fixing overresction problems are resolved by only adding grafting materials, such as cartilage from your ear or ribs, creating technical issues and risks from adding biological materials to a part of the body. A revision rhinoplasty surgeon Beverly Hills will most likely recommend against using artificial implants to fix overresection and asymmetry problems as they are prone to becoming infected and carry the risk of potentially extruding from the nose- which will cause irreversible damage. Asymmetry problems are usually able to be remedied completely, depending on the level of imbalance.
The rhinoplasty procedure is considered one of the more difficult plastic surgery procedures, patients sometimes find the need to have a second rhinoplasty, or a revision rhinoplasty, in order to repair any issues with the form and function of the nose that resulted from a prior rhinoplasty. Like a primary rhinoplasty, a revision rhinoplasty can be either a closed rhinoplasty (incisions made during the procedure are all inside the nose) or an open rhinoplasty (a small incision is made under the tip of the nose during the procedure). After the revision rhinoplasty specialist has achieved the desired result by repositioning tissues and nose structures, or adding tissues, the skin is redraped and the incisions are sutured. Revision rhinoplasty is typically less painful and involves less bruising than primary rhinoplasty, with most of the bruising fading but the tenth day and patients returning to their regular activities within a week. For more details click here
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