Can I Wear my Plastic Brace Retainers at Night Two Weeks After Revision Rhinoplasty?

A nose can safely be lengthened after prior surgery.  The most common reason noses appear short after rhinoplasty is that the tip becomes overrotated (or too upturned).  Pulling the tip back down requires strong cartilage grafting to hold it in place.  If septal cartilage was...

Soft tissue fillers can be used in certain situations to correct deformities of the nose. One of the more common uses is to fill depressions of the nose especially after surgery. However, asymmetries of the alae and alar base are difficult to improve using fillers. It is possible to add small...

Well, please tell everybody that if a doctor tells you that a revision will be "simple," you should run away at top speed. But going forward, one of your main complaints is that the nose is long, with the tip drooping. Even though we can't accomplish *everything* we want to in a revision,...

            Cartilage grafts on the dorsum can be removed through a closed approach without great difficulty, provided the skin envelope was not compromised during the previous surgery.  Find a plastic surgeon with ELITE...

At this stage, it is too early to tell what the structure of your nose will look like long term.  If some of the residual crookedness is from the bone not being perfectly aligned, it is possible that digital pushing exercises could help as the bone is healing.  I would consult with...

It is not abnormal to have some minor redness and tenderness on your suture line 13 days after surgery. This will resolve over time. If you have any of the following symptoms near the incision line, consult your surgeon immediately, as one or more of them may be signs of an...