Rhinoplasty : Nose Surgery
What is Rhinoplasty?
Rhinoplasty is to adjust or fix a nose shape to fits a face shape with the use of surgical procedures which offer a number of techniques such as the use of a nose implant, an ear cartilage, Alarplasty and nose reduction.
Why Nose Surgery at Nida Esth’
- The expertise of a surgeon – Dr. Piya Rungruxsiri – who has a special technique of Rhinoplasty and more-than-19-year experience in surgical field.
- Nurse teams who have experiences in taking care patients and hospitalization both local and international
- We use nose implants imported from USA
- We provide VECTRA 3D which can simulates a 3 dimensional photographs of an expecting result of procedures
When to do Rhinoplasty?
- To adjust a nose shape to fits the face shape the most
- To boost u confidence
- To fix problems from previous nose surgery
Who should do Nose Surgery?
- Patients who have sufficient nasal tissues for a nose implant
- No risk of complications after a nose surgery
- Patients who have a fixable hump size
- No allergy for anesthesia both local and general
- No underlying diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease or HIVs since they can cause complications after a nose surgery
Preparations before Rhinoplasty
- Consult with a surgeon about expectations and risks
- Select appropriate techniques of Rhinoplasty
- Study differences of nose implants
- Stop drinking alcoholic drinks and smoking before Rhinoplasty
- Stop taking medication and some vitamins before Rhinoplasty
- No fermented foods due to risks of infections
Types of Nose Implants
- Common Nose Implants
- Customized Nose Implants
Instructions on a Surgery Date
- No food within 8 hours if general anesthesia is involved
- Have light foods before Rhinoplasty at least 4-6 hours if general anesthesia is not involved
- No makeup and cleanse your face and nose before Rhinoplasty
- Rest and don’t be worried because it can cause high blood pressure which can affects the surgery
Rhinoplasty Processes
- Two techniques of nose surgery are “Open” and “Close”, depending on a surgeon
- Give local or general anesthesia before a surgery
- Correct a nose shape and insert an implant
- Stitch up and check a result
Incision sites of Rhinoplasty
1. Wounds will be hidden in nose holes. Mostly, there is no visible wound or scar. A surgeon will use catgut suture which will be gone in 3 weeks.
2. Wounds outside of a nose
- In case that there is a use of ear cartilages to correct a nose shape can be done in both open and close Rhinoplasty
- In case that there is filler injection and fascia in a nose
- In case that there is a deformed bone structure from a number of nose surgeries
- In case that patients need to fix a nasal base
Post-operation Care Instructions
- Cold packing in a forehead, cheekbones and face but avoid a nose area approximately 3-5 days after Rhinoplasty
- There might be swollen but it will eventually be gone day by day
- Wounds would look good after the second month of Rhinoplasty
- Cleanse with soft cloth and avoid water for 2-3 days after the surgery
- No rubbing wounds but facial cleansing can be done 3 days after the surgery
- Lying with head straight up for a good blood circulation and less recovery process
- Avoid exercises or anything that could affect a nose in the first month
- No spicy food, fermented foods and alcoholic drinks and no smoking due to longer recovery process and high chance of infections
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