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What Options do I Have When Removing a Nose Implant?
I am planning on undergoing a revision this summer that involves removing my first implant, which is silicone, amongst other things. I know that silicone is easiest to remove of the implants, but as you might know with this implant a shine appears from it, which for me is at the bridge, and I was wondering if the shine will go away once the implant is removed and also will my skin sag from having it in for two years? For my revision, I don't plan on another implant.
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Removal of silicone nasal implant
It is rather simple to go in and remove a nasal implant; the shininess of the skin often goes away after the implant is removed. The shine of the skin is usually related to the stretching of skin and the light bouncing off of stretched skin. If it is a silicone implant, the implant itself could be removed under a simple local anesthesia as an outpatient procedure.
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What Options do I Have When Removing a Nose Implant?
I have used straight, silicone, dorsal implants for Rhinoplasty and Revision Rhinoplasty for over 22 years and IMHO, it's unlikely that you'll be able to go without some type of dorsal implant if you remove the existing silicone implant during revision Rhinoplasty. It's a bit complicated but during placement of a dorsal implant, the mid section, of the nose where the bone and cartilage meet, often needs to be reduced along with the nasal bones in order to...
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Nasal implant
Going back a century many implants have been tried including gold, wax, paraffin, silicone gore-tex , the list goes on.
natural implants of bone or cartilage are also available. i prefer this type of implant as your body with integrate over time, which results in a durable implant with a low extrusion rate
consider this option when discussing with your surgeon
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What Options do I Have When Removing a Nose Implant?
Hi,
In some recent large studies of Asian rhinoplasty, silicone was shown to be a very effective nasal implant. In your case, if you are removing it, I assume that you dont like it or have a problem with it. If you dont replace the implant, you will probably have some sort of cosmetic deformity in the nasal dorsum. I would suggest making sure your surgeon can replace the implant with an appropriate substitute.
Best,
Dr.S.
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Removing nasal implant
Silicone implants can extrude/thin the skin and cause problems. It is a wise choice to have it removed. Whether you need another implant, preferably your own tissue, such as nasal cartilage, is something you'll need to discuss with your surgeon. Sometimes after implant removal there remains enough scar tissue that some dorsal augmentation is still evident.
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Nasal Silicone Implant Removal
You are smart to remove the silicone implant in the near future. The "shine" that you describe may be secondary to pressure from the implant which has caused the skin to become thin and finally result in extrusion of the implant. If you want or need augmentation of your bridge I have used the patient's own cartilage for 35 years when doing Asian rhinoplasties. Because this graft becomes integrated into the surrounding normal tissue movement or extrusion of the cartilage as well...
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Silicone Implant Removal: Revision Rhinoplasty
This is a very common request from patients who have had Asian Rhinoplasty surgery in Asia with a silicone implant. I prefer to use cartilage from within your own body to avoid the complications that I have seen, some of which are far worse than what you describe.
Your skin may have stretched for the duration the implant has been present and you may need to place some of your own cartilage in that space or filler; however, it is hard to say without having properly evaluated...
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