Hi. I felt sick and threw up at one point 8 weeks post rhinoplasty and again the other day (I am 10 weeks and few days now post rhinoplasty) and I would just like to ask if that could in any way ruin or alter the surgery results? It wasn't violent vomiting, just an irritation and I made sure I was hydrated afterwards. Thank you in advance for your help.
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The nose itself has very little fat under the skin compared to the cheeks and rest of the face. If you tend to gain or lose a lot of weight on the face, your nose will not be affected. A chubbier face may make your nose appear relatively smaller whereas a nose may appear relatively larger in ...
Asymmetry is present on all body parts. No 2 parts are ever exactly the same. During consultation I always perform a 3D imaging that I use to show patients how different the right and left sides are. Part of rhinoplasty involves correcting this asymmetry on the nose.
Everyone will have a different opinion on this, but the rates of infection are definitely in favor of autologous tissue, your own cartilage. Cartilage can either come from the patient's ear or rib or from a cadaver. If the cartilage is harvested from the cadaver, it is radiated to make sure ...