subject: Rhinoplasty - Know What to Expect on the Day of Surgery [print this page] If you are not happy with how your noe look, there are option to fix it. One of the mot popular choice for thi i rhinoplaty, often called a noe job. Before you opt for thi procedure, you hould know in general what it involve. Thi way, you will not be urpried by anything on the day of urgery.
One of the firt tep will be to adminiter anetheia o that you do not feel anything during the procedure. In mot cae, it will be local anetheia, although ome doctor may decide to give you general anetheia intead, epecially if the urgery i rather complex. In mot cae, you hould arrange to have a ride home from the procedure ince you will likely not feel like driving either way.
The inciion i uually placed inide the notril when poible, which i referred to a a cloed procedure. Clearly you would not have a viible cut with thi type of rhinoplaty. ometime it i neceary to have an open procedure, in which you will likely have a mall car on the outide of the area. The choice depend on what your doctor feel i neceary.
If you want to reduce your noe ize, the urgeon will imply remove exce cartilage from the area until it i a bit maller. It can alo be rehaped in thi way. If you want to add tiue to ome area, your doctor will take cartilage from the eptum, ear, or rib. Obviouly thi type of procedure i more involved than one that require removing tiue, but you hould ee the reult you want if your urgeon i experienced.
Once the rhinoplaty i over, the inciion will be cloed. The tiue and kin will be culpted into the hape you want. In mot cae, any car you have will be rather mall, almot inviible to mot people.
Do not expect to ee the deired reult immediately afterward. Like mot platic urgerie, it take time to ee what you have been waiting for ince the area ha to heal firt. Your noe may be noticeably maller oon after the rhinoplaty, unle of coure, there i welling, but it may not be the hape you expected.
Do not judge the reult until your urgeon ay it i healed. If you till do not like the appearance of thi feature month after urgery, you can chedule a reviion rhinoplaty to get the look you want.
Rhinoplasty - Know What to Expect on the Day of Surgery
