I am graduating from college soon and hoping to get rhinoplasty before I start working. I have very fine features and very thin skin (so says the surgeons with whom I've consulted). My nose is crooked, has a bump, and is collapsed on the inner left side. I'm looking for a surgeon who specializes in rhinoplasty only. I'm near Minneapolis so here would be ideal, but I'm willing to travel (drive) to see the right surgeon--Milwaukee/Madison and Chicago are also options.
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Answer: Be sure you check out your surgeon carefully. See my essay on that topic.
In most cases the surgeon should want to have a symmetrical and straight underlying architecture so that the nose does not grow crooked as it heals and to assure that cartilage removed at the rhinoplasty does not have a negative affect on the structure of the nose.
As long as your hematologist clears you for surgery, you should be fine. There are other tests that can be done such as bleeding time to see if your blood will clot properly. A platelet count of 75 is low, but not horribly so. Sometimes a transfusion can be done prior to surgery, or other...
You may have a minor infection. Most of these will resolve without treatment. I would call the doctor's office and ask to speak to the nurse if the doctor is out of town. If you were my patient I would probably begin an oral antibiotic and begin using Neosporin on a Q-tip...
