Glasgow Rhinoplasty doctors
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Taimur Shoaib, MD
Glasgow Plastic Surgeon
24-26 Wilson Street, Glasgow |
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Following a detailed consultation and evaluation for rhinoplasty is it ok to ask the doctor to share with you the surgical plan in detail, with the actual amount of change proposed for each nasal area? For example the following - Reduce projection of tip in profile view by 5mm. Nasolabial angle to stay the same. Reduce tip width in frontal view by 2mm. Reduce width of bridge in frontal view by 2mm. Maintain radix height at same level. Reduce length of nostril opening in profile view by 2mm.
Even if your surgeon follows a surgical plan exactly to that specification, the unpredictability in the amount of swelling, scarring bruising and inflammation means that none of the exact surgical plan can guarantee a particular result. If, for example, your surgeon does 5mm of a particular part of the rhinoplasty and you end up with 1mm of swelling this will alter the final result. Your surgeon won't know if you will have 1mm, 2mm, 3mm or more swelling. No one will also know how long it will take for your swelling to go down by, either.
So, you will have to accept that all rhinoplasty procedures have a certain degree of unpredictability which leads to a final result that can be estimated but no guaranteed.
Dont really wanna go asking friends for advice on finding the right rhinplasty doctor for my nose job. What is best way to find the best? Cheers. - K.
Rhinoplasty is one of the most challenging procedures in plastic surgery. It is a procedure characterised by millimetre precision, along with fine skills and judgement.
Because of this, it is important to ask your plastic surgeon if he performs this procedure on a regular basis, how many he has performed, what is his revision rate, and what would the financial implications be of an unfavourable result (in other words, would you have to pay for a revision if you didn’t like the appearance after a year).
Lastly, if you ask your surgeon if he minds you going to see another couple of surgeons for a further opinion, and if your surgeon objects, then perhaps that surgeon is not for you!