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Can I Use Corticosteroid on the Nose for a Small Reduction?

asked 7 months ago by mbalta in tucson, az
Latest answer by Francis R. Palmer, III, MD
Question viewed 286 times
Tags: alternative, corticosteroid, reduction

Instead of a doctor peeling back nose skin from the tip to operate on cartilage, can I use corticosteroid on the nose for small reduction?

15 answers to Can I Use Corticosteroid on the Nose for a Small Reduction?

Cortisone Injections vs Rhinoplasty

Cortisone injections are sometimes used after surgery or trauma to decrease the thickness of soft tissues such as scarring or thick skin. It is not used to reduce the size of cartilage or bone, or to change structural contour which is done during rhinoplasty surgery.

Richard W. Fleming, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.bevhills.com

Can I Use Corticosteroid on the Nose for a Small Reduction?

Sorry but no, that won't work. Steroid injections, uisng cortisone, are for the reduction and prevention of internal scar tissue, inside the nasal tissues, after a Rhinoplasty. The steroid will not dissolve cartilage and would have zero effect on the bump in your nose. Bumps need to rasped or sheved down during a Rhinoplasty.

Francis R. Palmer, III, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

Cortisone to reduce the nose

Don't over think it. You cannot create structural reduction and shaping with cortisone injection. You read about it on this website but it is always in the context of post op swelling, not primary treatment.

Michael L. Schwartz, MD
West Palm Beach Plastic Surgeon

www.palmbeachface.com

Small Changes can be done with injectable fillers

Small changes are possible with injectable fillers, and are safer than steroids. Small bumbs can be made to look less apparent with the placement of a small amount of Injectable filler above and below the bump to give a smoother appearance acroos the bridge of the nose. This can work especially well as the correction can be done very slowly to adjust the profile. Fillers then can be repeated as necessary until a rhinoplasty works for you.

Edward Szachowicz, MD, PhD
Minneapolis Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.facialplasticsurgery.com

Steroids are not an alternative treatment for nasal contouring

Steroid treatment of the nose, either topically or by injection, is not a substitute for a formal rhinoplasty. It may be used as an adjunct for very specific though rare indications. On the down side,it can cause significant local side effects on the tissues with its narrow margin of safety. If you want your nose contoured, then a rhinoplasty is your "choice".

Steven Turkeltaub, MD
Scottsdale Plastic Surgeon

Cortisone is not for reducing nasal cartilage

Cortisone for topical or injection is not good for cartilage reduction. Steroid injections will help with tissue and skin swelling and is not suggested for pre-surgical thinning of the subcutaneous tissue of the nasal tip or the cartilage. Sometimes this treatment is used post rhinoplasty surgery to help reduce excess swelling. This is not the case for you and there is no true alternative except having rhinoplasty surgery. If steroids are used they may actually cause damage to the area... more

Michael Elam, MD
Orange County Facial Plastic Surgeon

Open Rhinoplasty may be indicated

Without a consultation or photos it is difficult to access your nasal contour issues. It is possible that your tip contains a lot of cartilage or is bulbous and your plastic surgeon mentioned an "open" approach where he would "peel back the skin from the tip" of your nose. Topical or injectable steroids would not correct this issue and would probably make the skin thinner. An open rhinoplasty, in my hands, is the best way to correct a bulbous nasal tip... more

Lawrence Shaw, MD
Scottsdale Plastic Surgeon

Steroids will not reduce a nose without rhinoplasty

Steroid injections can help save the day for a very few with scar in the area above the tip after rhinoplasty, but injections will not allow shaping of the nose without surgery. You will only find trouble. Best of luck, peterejohnsonmd.com

Peter E. Johnson, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Rhinoplasty and steroids

Using corticosteroids in place of a rinoplasty is irresponsible and can result in difficult reconstructive problems. Your skin does not have to be peeled back, this is called an open rhinoplasty and is associated with higher risks and prolonged recovery. I prefer to use closed rhinoplasty which uses only access inside the nostrils. All the best, Rian A. Maercks M.D.

Rian Maercks, MD
Miami Plastic Surgeon

Alternative

F you are talking topical, it will not work. If you mean injectable, then you are dealing with a highly unreliable result. Get a good consultation

David A. Bray, Sr., MD
Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon

Steroids for nasal reduction

Topical and injectible steroids have a specific purpose and are not to be used for a nasal reduction or in the place of surgery. They affect the skin and subcutaneous tissue or scar tissue, and will have no positive effect on the underlying structure of your nose and can do significant damage to your tissues if used improperly.

Michelle Spring, MD
Marina Del Rey Plastic Surgeon

Topical steriod or steroid injections to the nose

Using topical corticosteroid on the nose will not give you a smaller nose or reduce the size of your tip. Steroid injections after surgery can help reduce soft tissue or post-operative scar when used judiciously by your surgeon. Steroid injections are not used in place of a rhinoplasty, and will not reshape or reduce your tip cartilage. There are also risks to steroid injections such as uneven depressions, hypopigmentation, and thinning of the skin.

Anita Patel, MD
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

www.anitapatelmd.com

Cortisone is not for cartilage reduction of the nose.

Cortisone is not for cartilage reduction of the nose. The small amount of reduction can be done closed but requires surgery.

Toby Mayer, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

Nose surgery, steroid injections

Steroid injections are sometimes used after surgery to soften the tip if the postoperative internal scarring is thick. However, never having had nose surgery, thick scar is not your problem. I don't think preoperative injections are a good idea as they may damage the carrilage making subsequent surgical correction even more difficult.