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Is It Safe to Have Rhinoplasty and Breast Augmentation at the Same Time?

asked 2 years ago by swtnsxy in California
Latest answer by William Portuese, MD
Question viewed 2,100 times
Tags: breasts, nose, combination, safety

22 answers to Is It Safe to Have Rhinoplasty and Breast Augmentation at the Same Time?

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Rhinoplasty and breast augmentation are usually performed at the same time

Both of these procedures take about 1-11/2 hours, so the time should not be a factor. You save money and have only one recovery period. If your doctor only does noses, he can do what we do which is bring in a specialist to do the breast surgery at the same time.
Toby Mayer, MD

Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.bevhills.com

+3

Rhinoplasty and Breast Augmentation at once is safe if you are healthy

It is safe to have Rhinoplasty and breast augmentation at the same time as long as the surgeon has the expertise in both surgeries. Prior to any surgery your health needs to be evaluated to make sure you are suited for surgery.
Amir Moradi, MD

San Diego Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Rhinoplasty and Breast Augmentation

Not only is it appropriate to have rhinoplasty and breast augmentation at the same time, I would advise it. You will have only one operation and one recovery. Although we do not do breast augmentation, we have a surgeon who comes to our surgery center to do the augmentation when we do the rhinoplasty.
Richard W. Fleming, MD

Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon
+2

Combination procedures

The combination of any procedures is safe as long as it's done within a safe time frame. Assuming that these two operations are done under a general anesthetic, as most Board Certified Plastic Surgeons do, then about 5 hours total is a rough average of what it will take to complete. The sequence of these two operations you've mentioned is critical. The implant procedure should be first and the contaminated procedure (nose) should follow. Combining these operations is fully supported by... more
Ricardo A. Meade, MD

Dallas Plastic Surgeon
+2

Breast and nose surgeries, a safe combination

If you are healthy and capable of tolerating the procedures separately then you should be able to do both procedures together. The combined procedures should not take too much time and many would argue that it is better to do combined procedures under one anesthetic than doing two separate anesthesia events. Best Wishes Dr. Peterson
Marcus L. Peterson, MD

Saint George Plastic Surgeon
+2

Rhinoplasty and breast augmentation

One of the worst things that can happen to you if you have a breast augmentation is an infection. This requires implant removal and re-insertion weeks to months later. It is a huge hole in the ground to fall into! For that reason, I will never perform a rhinoplasty at the same time because you cannot sterilze the nose and bacteria can get into the blood stream and infect the implant potentially.
Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS

Seattle Plastic Surgeon
+1

Safe to have Rhinoplasty and Breast Augmentation at same time

Indeed it is a safe procedure to undergo both operations at the same time. Just make sure that you have gone to a rhinoplasty surgeon who has performed thousands of rhinoplasties, as rhinoplasty is a much harder operation to perform than the breast augmentation.
William Portuese, MD

Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.seattlefacial.com

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Performing Combination Procedures -Rhinoplasty and Breast Augmentation is Safe

Performing both Rhinoplasty and Breast Augmention is safe as a combination procedure if you do the following 5 things- 1. you are a Board- Certified Plastic Surgeon and trained and have expertise to do both 2. Perform them in less than 5 hours 3. Done in an accredited Outpatient Surgical Facility with a MD or CRNA for anesthesia 4. Use separate OR preps and separate OR instruments 5. Sequence is not important but I do the breast augmentation first and then the rhinoplasty - I give another... more
Rod J. Rohrich, MD

Dallas Plastic Surgeon
+1

Breast Enlargement Combined with other Cosmetic Procedures

Yes, my surgery time would not exceed 3 hours and I see no problem with combining these two procedures as long as you are healthy. According to the American Society of Surgery Journal combining cosmetic procedures in a reasonable period of time does not add any additional risk of complications to a cosmetic surgery. In my practice, more often than not, clients request more than one cosmetic procedure. The reasons are because they can take time off from work and recover from both surgeries... more
John Ward, MD

Phoenix Plastic Surgeon
+1

It is safe to have rhinoplasty and breast augmentation at the same time

The combination of rhinoplasty and breast augmentation is safe. To reduce the risk of infection, the breast augmentation should be done first. If the rhinoplasty is done first, all new instruments and supplies should be used for the breast portion of the operation. Additionally, your surgeon will probably give you antibiotics to further reduce the risk of infection.
Michael D. Yates, MD

Huntsville Plastic Surgeon
+1

Rhinoplasty and breast augmentation

It is certainly reasonable to perform a rhinoplasty along with a breast reduction. I do the two all the ime together. I prefer to do the "clean" operation first and therefore do the breast augmentation followed by the rhinoplasty.
Steven Wallach, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
+1

Rhinoplasty and Breast Augmentation can be done together

It is safe to do Rhinoplasty and Breast Augmentation procedures together. The surgery time should be kept less than 4 hrs that in usual cases, it is possible. You can save recovery time, down time and expenses significantly. Good Luck.
M. Ryan Khosravi, MD

Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
+1

No specific problems with combining Rhinoplasty and Breast Augmentation

The combination of breast augmentation and rhinoplasty is common. The best would be to do the augmentation first and rhinoplasty second. The augmentation is considered more sterile compare to the rhinoplasty. Make sure your surgeon is comfortable with doing these at the same time.
Kamran Khoobehi, MD

New Orleans Plastic Surgeon
+1

Rhinoplasty with concurrent breast augmentation

If you are in good health, there should be no problem with having both a rhinoplasty and a breast augmentation performed at the same surgical setting.
Scott E. Kasden, MD

Dallas Plastic Surgeon
+1

Breast augmentation and rhinoplasty can be done together.

Hi! In New York City, we have done breast augmentation and rhinoplasty together a number of times without any complication.  We do the breast augmentation first, and then the nose surgery right after.  You certainly don't need two surgeons.
George J. Beraka, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
+1

It would be best for you to have your simultaneous Rhinoplasty and Breast Aug. performed by 2 surgeons.

I just returned from a wonderful Plastic Surgery conference on MACS-Lifting in Belgium. The two plastic surgeons giving the course would perform both procedures at the same time, minimizing your anesthesia time and cost. The doctors that described this simultaneous approach to Rhinoplasty and Breast Augmentation are Drs. Tonnard and Verpaele in Gent, Belgium. These are two top-notch surgeons that I would recommend without hesitation for both procedures. Pricing is competitive to US, and your... more
Eric M. Joseph, MD

West Orange Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.ericmjoseph.com

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Safety of combined rhinoplasty and breast augmentation

As the other doctors have mentioned as long as the procedure would be completed within 6-7 hours it should be safe to perform. As far as infection risk your doctor should perform the breast augmentation first and the rhinoplasty second. He should also administer antibiotics during the operation that will prevent infection through the bloodstream. These pricipals will allow both procedures to be performed safely.
Robert B. Pollack, MD

La Jolla Plastic Surgeon
+1

Rhinoplasty and Breast Augmentation can be done at the same time

As you can see there is a vast differences of opinions on this subject. For me, YES, I have done both at one operation. It usually takes me 4 hours total time in operating room. I do the implants first, since that is considered a clean operation. Then after prepping and draping, I do the rhinoplasty. The main issue is finding an excellent boarded plastic surgeon willing to preform both operations. Years ago, I two teamed cases with a ENT cosmetic surgeon who had patients he was going to do... more
Darryl J. Blinski, MD

Miami Plastic Surgeon
+1

It is safe to have rhinoplasty and breast surgery at the same time

The real determining factor on having simultaneous cosmetic procedures is the length of time of the combined procedures and the amount of exposed tissue. If surgery is less than 6 to 7 hours then there is little medical risk of having both procedures performed at the same time. The most common procedure to increase medical risk when performed in conjunction with other procedures is abdominoplasty. What you should do though is make sure your doctor excels in both procedures. A great nose... more
Steven J. Pearlman, MD

New York Facial Plastic Surgeon
+1

Rhinoplasty and Breast Augmentation

The only potential problem that I would caution about is the possibility of bacterial contamination. I do not know of any studies that might show bacteria in the blood stream during a rhinoplasty but that is a possibility. IF there are bacteria in the bloodstream and implants are also put in there may be a slight increase in the risk of infection for the breast augmentation. That being said, realize that implants and grafts are used sometimes with rhinoplasty also.
John P. Stratis, MD

Harrisburg Plastic Surgeon
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Safety of Combination Rhinoplasty and Breast Augmentation

Aside from the implications of your personal medical history (IE heart disease, smoking, family history of either prolonged bleeding or or blood clots, taking birth control pills etc), the risks of surgery are directly related to the duration of the operations. In a healthy young woman whose legs are treated through the surgery with intermittent leg pump boots to reduce clot formation, if the operation is less than 7 hours, such risks are low. Dr. P. Aldea
Peter A. Aldea, MD

Memphis Plastic Surgeon
+1

Combination rhinoplasty and augmentation mammaplasty

Generally speaking it is relatively safe to have both procedures performed simultaneously if these can be completed within a reasonable amount of time (less than 6 hours).
Otto Joseph Placik, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon

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