Rhinoplasty complication - is possible to cause blindness and mental issues?

Hello and thank you for your question. Those complications would not be associated with a well performed rhinoplasty it in any sense at all with standard safety protocols instituted. I recommend that you seek consultation with a qualified board-certified rhinoplasty surgeon who can evaluate you in person.

Best wishes and good luck.

Richard G. Reish, M.D.
Harvard-trained plastic surgeon

I have performed rhinoplasty for 15 years, and I have performed medicolegal consultation for nearly as long. I have NEVER come across anything like this from rhinoplasty. Rhinoplasty operations are confined to the nose and nasal cavity. While they may seem close to the eye and brain, for most surgeons, these structures feel far away. If any sort of injury occurred from a rhinoplasty, it would have to result from egregious and unbelievably careless techniques from a careless surgeon assuming the patient did not have unknown aberrant anatomical differences that cannot be seen/felt externally.

That being said, I have dealt with cases involve eye trauma, blindness, double vision, brain infections, and more from sinus surgery. At times, sinus surgery is done concomitantly with a rhinoplasty, and if that was the case, the sinus surgery aspect of the operation is almost certainly to blame.

Discuss your concerns with your surgeon, and I am sure they will put your mind at ease.