Will Non Surgical Nose Job Hinder Future Rhinoplasty?

Hello,
Both the good and bad news about using fat injections in the nose is that when the fat grafts take, they are permanent. Permanent fat in the nose may make your future rhinoplasty more difficult.
If you are not yet ready for rhinoplasty, I would recommend sticking with more temporary fillers in the nose if you must, such as Restylane, Juvederm, or Radiesse.
Good luck and be well.
Dr. P

First, it is *not* true that one must wait a year after using a hyaluronic acid gel filler (Restylane, Juvederm) before undergoing surgical rhinoplasty. But it is absolutely true that the filler must be completely gone. Fortunately, these fillers can be dissolved away quite well ahead of time with hyaluronidase.
The point is that the surgeon needs to see the nose without residual filler present in order to formulate a proper surgical plan. Certain fillers such as Radiesse cannot be forced to dissolve and must simply dissolve on its own, but this can take upwards of 1.5 to 2 years. Serial photos should be obtained to verify its dissolution.
Artefill, a permanent filler, is another issue entirely. I do use it in select cases of non-surgical rhinoplasty, but usually this is for patients who've had a previous surgical rhinoplasty and are either not candidates for revision, don't want a surgical revision, or for whom surgical intervention would be overkill (fixing a minor dent, for example). Since it is permanent, surgery after its implantation needs to be done with special considerations, but fortunately, its shape is generally stable (at least to the degree that surgery is stable) and can be compensated for in the surgical plan.
All the best,
--DCP