How do you help your patients cope with anxiety before and after rhinoplasty?

Question

How do you help your patients cope with Anxiety before and after rhinoplasty ?

Caner Kacmaz, MD · Answer

Prior to having rhinoplasty surgery, many patients feel anxious. It's completely normal and expected before any procedure. You may be nervous anticipating what your nose will look like or if your recovery period will be painful and uncomfortable. 
I make sure my consultations are long enough to explain every detail to my patients and help them ease their minds by answering any questions and concerns they may have. Any surgeon should be willing to discuss every option and detail about the surgery with you so you know what to expect before, during, and after. When you are fully informed, you will feel less anxious about the process. Best of luck to you.

Robert Ciardullo, MD · Answer

Helping patients cope with pre-and post op anxiety: I have had many patients work themselves up into a frenzy before surgery. Invariably they all say the same thing after surgery, that if they knew what it would be like beforehand they would not have been so nervous. I tell this to patients and suggest they read reviews by patients who have undergone surgery, since most of them indicate that the surgery was less traumatic and less painful than they expected. Most reviews indicate that patients usually do not even take the pain med that is prescribed and often take nothing or just Tylenol after surgery. So if pain is the concern hearing this from other patients should be helpful. some patients are concerned about anesthesia. This to is grossly overblown. The anesthesia for a rhinoplasty is very light since the nose is fully injected with local anesthetic at the outset and is often of rather short duration. Since the majority of patients undergoing Rhinoplasty are young and healthy The anesthesia risk is minuscule. Most people who are very anxious are worried about the wrong things. The most important consideration to be concerned about is whether or not you are a good candidate for rhinoplasty and whether you would be expected to get a good result. If you are in the hands of a and experienced rhinoplasty specialist, And surgery is performed in a highly accredited facility, with a professional anesthesiologist, tou will probably get an optimal outcome which is at least a big improvement even if it’s not perfect. For those patients who are clinically anxious meaning their anxiety is rather extreme and not reduced with the above discussion I will sometimes prescribe Valium to be taken the night before and/ or the morning of surgery. But once again even those who are the most terrified before surgery come out afterwards saying that they would not have been so nervous if they knew beforehand what it was really like.

How do you help your patients cope with anxiety before and after rhinoplasty?

Answers (2)

Recommended reading

Everything you need to know about Rhinoplasty

Our mission is to create a world where every investment in modern beauty is Worth It.

How do you help your patients cope with anxiety before and after rhinoplasty?

Answers (2)

Browse related questions

Recommended reading

Everything you need to know about Rhinoplasty

Our mission is to create a world where every investment in modern beauty is Worth It.