subject: The Need To Knows About Nose Jobs Aka Rhinoplasty [print this page] Rhinoplasty, referred to as a nose job by many, is one of the most commonly performed plastic surgery procedures. This is because the rhinoplasty procedure really changes a persons complete look with one small change. It can either increase or decrease a persons nose in size, reshape the nose, or narrow the bridge or nostrils. These changes can not only affect the way a person looks, but they can also affect the way the feel to because it often improves breathing.
The rhinoplasty procedure is done in an outpatient setting. While under general anesthesia, a patient either does an open or closed nose job. Open rhinoplasty gives the surgeon more access to the underlying structure of the nose. That said, open rhinoplasty is more likely to create scars.
Closed rhinoplasty is slightly more restrictive that open rhinoplasty because everything is done through small incisions within the nostrils. This is desirable for many because it means they will have no nose job scars that are visible. That said, some doctors do not feel it is appropriate for all nose jobs because it limits the amount of corrections they can make.
After you have a nose job, your doctor will pack your nose with gauze. You will also have a splint so that your nose sets in its new shape correctly. The packing in the nostrils is usually removed after a few days. However, the splint and stitches remain for two weeks post op in most cases.
Many patients are now opting for non-surgical nose jobs now. Non-surgical nose jobs use things like BOTOX, Restylane, and Radiesse to shape and contour the nose. The benefit to this is a quick recovery time and quick results, the negative is the results wont last forever, and it is not capable of making major changes to the nose.
