What types of heat should a patient avoid post rhinoplasty to enable quick reduction in swelling (warm food, weather, others?). Please give examples so it becomes clear
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Great question!. I do not ask the majority of my patients to have tape for over 1 week. With that said, if there is significant swelling or curvature to the nose, we may reapply tape to help reduce the swelling and or gently nudge a particular area of the nose a certain way. While it is...
Cartilage reduction verse skin reduction during rhinoplasty: during rhinoplasty only the underlying skeletal framework consisting of bone and cartilage is trimmed and reduced. The skin is not cut. If the skin was cut it would leave scars. Having reduced the skeletal framework, the skin envelope...