I am having rhinoplasty in less than a week. I use a couple different products (to treat scar removals) that contain Vitamin E in it. I was instructed to stop taking Vitamin E two weeks before surgery because it can thin your blood. My question is: Is it okay to continue to use my scar products (containing Vitamin E) on the surface of my skin? Is Vitamin E only a concern when ingested or also when applied to skin surfaces? The site of application is a spot of my arm and leg.
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Revision rhinoplasty for the "botched" nose job?Your nose can be revised by revision rhinoplasty expert to give you a much better and more attractive looking nose. Look at the before and after photos of several revision rhinoplasty specialists and you will see noses worse than yours that have...
Dear jb20,
Thank you for your clinical
post. Operative septorhinoplasty often
involves manipulation of the nasal bones, in your case reduction of a bump and
some soft tissue cartilage work of the tip.
Low velocity elbow trauma as you described may cause some malposition of
the sidewall of...
Dear Ashley, You still have a good amount of swelling in the nose and residual bruising around the eyes. The bruising around the eyes result from disruption of the veins around the nasal bones. Tip swelling and bruising around they eyes often take the longest to completely resolve. The amo...
