I have a cold. I am sneezing, coughing and have congestion. Should I postpone surgery?

Loud music and vibrations should not affect your healing. I would recommend following all of the guidelines outlined by your surgeon, as this will result in the best recovery. I hope this helps, and I wish you the best of luck.  

The  rhinoplasty operation is a surgical procedure to change the shape of cartilage and bone  underneath the skin. The dorsal hump or hook is composed of both bone and cartilage and must be shaved down in order to remove it. To prevent the tip from drooping even more when smiling, the d...

Dean Toriumi uses the patient's own rib cartilage to augment the nose. He does get a great result. He used a dorsal graft, spreader grafts, and battens at least. He does not use synthetic grafts. 

The photos are too grainy to tell what is going on. You are also smiling that changes the nose... do the lines appear when not smiling? Were the lines there at all before surgery? If you have scar tissue in this area it is tough to completely correct but it is hard to see with the images.

A very helpful test done in the office is the modified Cottle maneuver. This is similar to pulling on your cheek. Your surgeon will lift up on the nasal valve area simulating changes that might be created by surgery and you can determine whether this creates significant improvement in your nasal...

The after surgery has had cephalic trims with dome binding that rotate the tip upward and make the tip smaller. The cartilage of the rounded part of the septum on side view has been reduced. The medial crura look like they have been advanced on the septum and the lower edge of the septum may...