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Generally speaking, all metal jewelry is removed from a patient's body prior to surgery due to concerns with burns at the site when using cautery. In your mouth there would be concern for dislodging the jewelry and causing you to aspirate on it. I would think the safest approach is to remove it. Talk to your surgeon.
Your piercing may be difficult to remove, but if it should accidentally come loose during your rhinoplasty, it could get into your airway. It may also cause difficulty for anesthesia during intubation. Your surgeon can remove it in the office during your preoperative visit. We've been there! Good luck. Dr Joseph
Most surgery centers require that metal piercings be removed before surgery to keep you safe and avoid any possibility of electrical burns during surgery. Be sure to discuss this with your surgeon before the day of surgery.
This is a great question. We do our surgeries as an outpatient care at a Hospital Medical Center, and they request for all metal piercings be removed. However you should check with your surgeon and the facility where you will have your surgery as to what their policy is.
Soft bones do not necessarily indicate your cartilage will be soft as well. It is best to have this personally assessed by a qualified, board certified facial plastic surgeon prior to your rhinoplasty to determine whether your cartilage will be strong enough for the procedure. If your surgeon...
Skin thickness in rhinoplasty matters because it affects how much refinement of the underlying cartilage will be seen through the skin. In general terms, darker skin types have thicker skin. This makes it more difficult to create subtle refinements in the nasal tip and cartilage grafts...
Hello and thank you for your question. You appear to have asymmetry of the lower lateral cartilage. Based on your photograph, you may benefit from a tip refining rhinoplasty. Your surgeon can accomplish this by trimming, suturing, and reshaping the cartilage in your lower nose. Make sure you...
Hello,There is nothing in that juice that is superior in providing your body health as whole fruits and vegetables. No one knows what's in the additives like the nettle oil, so it's safest to stop. Your health will not suffer. Best of luck!
Talk to your prospective surgeon about what supplements they want you to discontinue prior to your surgery. Generally there shouldn't be an issue.
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