Seattle Rhinoplasty doctors
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William Portuese, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
1101 Madison St Suite 1280, Seattle |
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1,153 answers |
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Thomas A Lamperti, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
1101 Madison Street Suite 700, Seattle |
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Sam Naficy, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
1110 112th Ave NE Suite 150, Bellevue |
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163 answers |
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Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
1135 116th Ave. NE Suite 630, Bellevue |
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158 answers |
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Philip Young, MD
Bellevue Facial Plastic Surgeon
1810 116th Ave. NE Suite 102, Bellevue |
108 answers | |
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Shahram Salemy, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
901 Boren Avenue Suite #1650, Seattle |
48 answers | |
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Stella Desyatnikova, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
509 Olive Way Suite 1430, Seattle |
38 answers | |
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Samson Lee, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
1135 116th Avenue N.E. Suite 500, Bellevue |
38 answers | |
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Jeffrey E. Kyllo, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
1145 Broadway, Seattle |
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24 answers |
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James M. Ridgway, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
600 Broadway Suite 280, Seattle |
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Karen Vaniver, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
1101 Madison St Suite 1270, Seattle |
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Sepehr Egrari, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
2950 Northup Way Ste 100, Bellevue |
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Henri P. Gaboriau, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
22840 NE 8th St. #103, Sammamish |
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Wayne F. Larrabee, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
600 Broadway Suite 280, Seattle |
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Marshall T. Partington MD, FACS
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
10220 NE Points Drive Suite 110, Kirkland |
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Recent Answers
Do they dissolve or are they taken out? Do I have a choice? My friend had rhinoplasty last month and she had 16 stitches. She said getting the stitches removed was more painful than the surgery.
There is a lot of variation among surgeons regarding what type of sutures are used during rhinoplasty surgery. It also depends on whether an open or closed approach was used as well. There is typically a few incisions inside the nose that are closed with dissolvable sutures that go away on their own.
If an external incision is used (with an open approach) there are a few sutures along the small incision across the columella. These sutures are often a permanent type that need to be removed about a week after surgery. I prefer using a very fine dissolvable suture (7-0 chromic) in this area in which I only need to trim the knots out at the one week visit.
I am African American. My PS narrowed my nostril and straightened my bridge. It now feels like there is a step off between the sides of my nose and my bridge. My doctor was supposed to make my nose looks slimmer. My PS is in NYC and has been performing nose jobs for 30 years. My PS gave me two rounds of steroids beginning at the 4th month.
I would expect you to notice at least some change to your nose after 8 months. It's hard to comment further without seeing your nose and what you looked like before surgery. It may want to compare current photos with postoperative ones to get a better idea of things.
Your nose will likely continue to evolve for about a year after surgery. If you have thick skin this will also prolong the skin redraping process and make it harder to see has dramatic changes to the size of your nose.
physicians can feel it but cant seem to detect it on any imaging device (i.e. cat scan, x ray) what the heck did they put in me! sure could use some guidance. thank you.
It can be difficult to figure out what exactly was used as your radix graft using palpation or imaging. Your own cartilage is a common material to use. If you're having issues with the graft it could be removed, modified or replaced. I'm not sure if knowing the exact material used would change your decision regarding this though. Reviewing your operative report from your original surgery, if possible, may be the best way to find out what was used to augment the area.
