Georgetown Rhinoplasty doctors
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Anand D. Patel, MD
Austin Facial Plastic Surgeon
3807 Spicewood Springs Suite 201, Austin |
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Jennifer Lauren Crawford, MD
Austin Plastic Surgeon
3003 Bee Cave Road Suite 203 , Austin |
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Craig A. Staebel, MD
Austin Plastic Surgeon
950 West University Ave. Ste. 207, Georgetown |
Recent Answers
Trauma has left me with inner and outer valve collapse and cartilaginous saddle deformity couple with a deviated septum and fractured tip cartilage, making the tip droop. In other words, my bridge/dorsal area is much too low and the tip is too big and droopy and it looks terrible. It's taken a big toll on both my self-esteem and also the functionality as I have very little breathing ability now. Is it possible to fix this to make my nose look and function the way it used to? Thank you.
Yes, it is possible. It sounds like your nose needs to be built back up. Part of this involves reconstructing the bridge of the nose and adding more projection to the nasal tip. By increasing the inner structure of the nose, this will stretch the overlying soft tissue and skin to make your nose look more defined and refined.
Hello doctors, I'm wondering to what extent, a person's tissues quality - cartilage + bones affect the results of a rhinoplasty? Can an experienced surgeon predict the results of a rhinoplasty most of the times? or, sometimes the healing process is severely affected by the person's tissues quality and tendency to overproduce scar tissues, and thereby, harm the results ? Many thanks
Surgery, like medicine, is not an exact science (like physics or engineering). However, plastic surgeons are generally very particular about their craft because they want to control as many variables that they can. In the end, there are some patients who do not heal as well as others, for reasons which we may never know or be able to predict. The good news is that these patients are rare. Even if you have had bad scarring in the past in other areas of your body, this is not a reliable indicator that you would heal poorly with a rhinoplasty. Your surgeon should be able to give you a better idea of the likelihood for success.
I had a rhinoplasty 4 weeks ago. I had the bump removed. At first it was lovely. Now on the right side I have slowly noticed part of the bump coming back. This is NOT swelling.It is hard like bone and feels like the old bump. It is getting bigger and more noticable everyday. My doc said it may be a bone spur but he has to wait 6 moths to do anything about it. My question is, is this going to keep getting bigger and bigger I am so scared I am going to look deformed on one side.It is very visable
It is possible to have callous formation in the bone and sometimes this can be shaved down in the office. I know you may feel anxious about this, but I agree with your surgeon that you should wait 6 months before you do anything because your nose is still healing/changing.
