What can I expect during my nose job?

samon — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:51:07 +0000

Before any surgery takes place, the patient and doctor must sit down to consult about what the hoped for results will be. After the doctor examines your nose, bones and cartilage, and evaluates your breathing, he will take digital photos. Your doctor will use the photos to show you computer enhanced pictures of your face with the nose you are looking for. If for any reason you and your doctor can not agree on the results you should cancel any nose reshaping surgical procedures. It is highly unlikely you will be pleased with the outcome if you can’t agree on hoped for results.
Once you have decided on what type of nose you desire and you have been through several consultations with your doctor, surgery will be set up. On the day of surgery, you will be prepped, your bone and cartilage marked with pen from the outside. This helps the doctor to make the proper improvements. General anesthesia is normally used; this is safer because patients my gag during surgery due to possible blood trickling into the throat.
The 0pen rhinoplasty procedure will most likely be used by your plastic surgeon. He will cut across the skin between your nostrils and pull it back, revealing cartilage and bone, making the procedure much easier. The surgeon will rasp off bony humps, sculpt tip cartilage, and cut bone moving it into proper alignment. Some procedures are also performed to improve breathing, such as the septum, located between the nostrils.
At times cartilage grafts are needed to build up areas of the bone. This cartilage can be taken from other parts of the body, the ears, the skull, or rib cage. This procedure is very tedious since the surgeon is sewing pieces of cartilage as small as match sticks together.
A great doctor and realistic ideas will help to guarantee every patient wonderful results.

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What can I expect during my nose job?