Providence Facial Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery - Glen Mills

A: The answer to your question is yes, you can some fibrosis in the area of a temporary filler that may be permanent.  There are inherent risks of filler in the nose, infection, blindness, vascular occlusion and skin slough which are rare but obviously severe.  You risk, having a silicone implant is elevate specifically for infection as the introduction of filler could cause infection of your implant.  I not reccommend going the filler route, but if you do proceed with caution.

A: Generally nondissolvable sutures will leave a nice scar as the dissolvable sutures do so by inciting the body's inflammatory response to dissolve, the less inflammatory reaction the better the scar. 

A: Thanks for your question.  Revision rhinoplasty is more challenging than primary rhinoplasty in general, the removal of cartilage itself is no particularly difficult, although repairing the issue you are having may be.  See someone who is experienced with revision rhinoplasty.  Best of luck!

A: Hello, thanks for your question, cheeks can be augmented with filler whether it be fat, synthetic fillers or implants.  If you require a mild augmentation, I think synthetic filler works nicely, can be done in the office with little discomfort/ downtime.  For more significant volumization, I think fat is better as it does not give the "puffy" look you can get from large amounts of hyaluronic acid fillers.  Cheek implants are also and option.  An in person evaluation would be best to determine what is the best option for you personally.