No follow-up for two weeks after Rhinoplasty?

5 answers to “No follow-up for two weeks after...”

A: Rhinoplasty outside of the U.S.

By William Portuese, MD - Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon

If you are considering performing a rhinoplasty in another country, chances are the surgeon is not as well experienced as many surgeons in the United States. Rhinoplasty is the most difficult operation to do in view of cosmetic surgery and needs to be done by someone who is well versed and has performed... more

A: Rhinoplasty Followup

By Richard W. Fleming, MD - Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

We frequently do rhinoplasties on patients from other countries who return home one week post-operatively. If there were any problems, they would be minor and handled by surgeons in their community.

A: Not uncommon

By Richard Gentile, MD - Cleveland Facial Plastic Surgeon

Many patients choose to travel for their procedures and not seeing your primary surgeon after two weeks would only turn out to be a signficant issue if you would require a minor revision in the first year after your surgery. Revsions are rare and most of your necessary post op care can be completed in... more

A: Complications from rhinoplasty are very rare.

By Toby G. Mayer, MD - Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

We let our rhinoplasty patients that come from all over the world go home to their native country 6 days after surgery. In more than 30 years we have never had any problem,but if we did we would have a rhinoplasty surgeon in their home country see them.

A: No follow-up for two weeks after Rhinoplasty?

By Peter A. Aldea, MD - Memphis Plastic Surgeon

Think carefully. GOOD NEWS - In today's world, there are qualified plastic surgeons in nearly every country in the world. In many of these countries the cost of practicing medicine is a lot cheaper than in the US where Federal regulations, cost of malpractice insurance etc make running an office an... more