RHINOPLASTY OR NOSE SURGERY
Rhinoplasty or
nose surgery, is one of the most
common procedures plastic
surgery. Rhinoplasty can reduce
or increase the size of your
nose, reshape the tip of the
nose or the bridge, reducing the
opening of the nostrils or
change the angle between the
nose and upper lip. You can also
correct a birth defect or injury
and help improve breathing
problems.
There are many techniques of
rhinoplasty, depending on the
patient's desire, sex, race, all
these are factors that influence
and the structure of cartilage
and bone of your nose, your face
shape, skin thickness, etc. .,
Another important factor is age,
rhinoplasty is not indicated in
children, even among young women
aged 15 and over can be made if
the case warrants it, whereas in
males is better to wait until 18
or 21.
In overall rhinoplasty decreases
the back bone and cartilage,
better known as a hump or saddle,
is also tasked with refining the
nasal tip through the resection
of the alar cartilages and the
lifting of the nasal tip. This
procedure may also be
accompanied with ENT surgery if
the nose has previous trauma or
a deviated nasal septum.
The patient is not too swollen
purple or need for 4 to 5 days
of relative rest, in that time
frame is placed in your nose a
special tape to keep the new
shape of the nose, the cast is
no longer used. May or may not
also register to be small nasal
packing removed the next day.
For the surgery to be performed
all laboratory tests and cardiac
evaluation for suspected
patients must be healthy.
This procedure is outpatient,
anesthesia can be local or
sedation if the patient prefers.
The length of surgery varies
from 30 minutes to 1 hour.
This procedure can be performed
in the clinic, this remains the
appropriate security level and
reduce surgical risks. The
patient can go home and follow
the directions of relative rest
and take medication to prevent
pain and inflammation.
