

Re -Shaping the Nose
All over the world millions of people are interested in improving the appearance of their noses, and nose reshaping is one of the most popular procedures.
Consultation
When booking a consultation with a surgeon, make sure you are provided with important information, concerning the nose reshaping procedure.
The Shape Of Your Nose
Some people are happy with the nose that they were born with, for others an injury may have distorted the nose, or it may be that the breathing may need to be improved, and may be in urgent need for a nose correction.
Size and Shaping
It is important to know that nothing has a greater impact on how a person looks, the shaping and size of the nose. as the nose is the most defining characteristic of the face.
Patient and Surgeon
Successful cosmetic surgery has a better result when there is confidence between the patient and surgeon. Trusting your surgeon based on realistic expectations and your surgeons medical expertise, which will help in your consulting stages before surgery. Where questions and answers may be given to identify your specific needs.
Nose Reshaping Surgery
As with any surgery you need to be in good health.
Understanding
Understanding a nose reshaping re-construction, surgery is critical since there are no ideal in rhinoplasty surgery. The objective is to improve the nose, making it harmonise with the other facial features.
Skin Type
Skin type, ethnic background, and age are important, and these factors need to be considered. before the nose is re-shaped, the patient must be fully grown, over the age of sixteen.
Support
Incisions are usually made to the bone and cartilage support system, to gain access of the nose
Incisions
Most incisions that are made will be inside the nose where they will be invisible some cases an incision may be made in the area of the skin that separating the nostrils.
Bone and Cartilage
An amount of underlying bone and cartilage are then removed, these will then be added, to, or rearranged to provide a new shape for the nose. an example, if the tip of the nose is too large, a surgeon may sculpt the cartilage to reduce the size.
Youthful Look
The angle of the nose in relation to the upper lip may be altered giving a more youthful look, if the nose is distorted. the tissue is then re-draped over the new frame and the incisions are closed.
After Surgery
After surgery, a splint small in size may be placed on the nose, this splint will provide protection for the nose while it is going through the healing process and to keep the structure stable for up to ten 10 days.
Stability
Soft, absorbent material may be used inside the nose, this is to help maintain stability in the dividing wall of the air passages called which are septum.
Local or General
Rhinoplasty the definition of rhinoplasty is shaping the nose, usually only takes half an hour it can be performed under local or general anaesthesia.
Awake
With local anaesthesia, the patients the nose and surrounding area will be numbed; the patient will be awake during the surgery but will feel no pain.
Asleep
With general anaesthesia the patient will sleep through all of the the operation.
Bruising and Swelling
After surgery the face may be puffy, especially the first few days, there may be some bruising and may be some minor swelling in the eye area..
Splint
A nasal dressing and the splint are usually removed 10 days after surgery depending on the healing process
Back To School or Work
Most patients are back on their feet the following day, and are able to go to school and carry out light work, .
Visibly Better
Rest assured that the healing process passes quickly and each day you will see the nose getting visibly better. Within a week or two, you will not notice that any surgery has been taken place
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