Thomas T. Le, MD
Baltimore Facial Plastic Surgeon
Recent answer posted by Thomas T. Le, MD
Q: How much improvement can be expected from Rhinoplasty?
Rhinoplasty can provide dramatic facial aesthetic improvements with only subtle changes to the nose. The reason rhinoplasty can make such a change is because the nose is the most central and most projecting feature of your face. If your nose has irregularities, then it draws attention away from your eyes and the rest of your face.
When looking for a rhinoplasty surgeon, research well and find a surgeon who has extensive rhinoplasty experience and who commits the majority of his/her practice to rhinoplasty and revision rhinoplasty. Your surgeon should have a consistent track record for excellent results. To determine if this is so, ask your surgeon to show you lots of before and after pictures of patients with your particular features, and speak to other patients from that doctor.
Furthermore, find a surgeon who is committed to precision and detail, because such traits will help guarantee that you will have an excellent outcome. Computer simulations are very helpful to predict your precise outcome, and long-term results for my rhinoplasty patients are very close if not identical to their simulations. Hence, to answer your question, your expectations for predictable and precise improvements after a rhinoplasty should be quite high.
| Board certification | |
| Education | Medical School: University of Louisville |
| Post-medical school training | Internship in General Surgery: St. Louis University Residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery: St. Louis University Fellowship in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: University of Miami |
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