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Your plastic surgeon will examine you to determine if there is indication of infection. Just make your surgeon aware of your concerns. You can always have your operation on another day, although inconvenient. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA
I am sorry to hear about your concerns prior to your day of surgery. Generally speaking, patients undergoing elective surgery should be at their optimal (or close to) level of health prior to proceeding. Your plastic surgeon will be the only relevant resource when it comes to determining your ability to proceed at this time.Best wishes.
If you have an active cold sore, the surgeon will most likely prefer to postpone the surgery.
If you are developing a cold sore in your nose you will need to be evaluated by your plastic surgeon prior to surgery. If this appears to be an infection then it may be best to delay your surgery until it is healed.
I think it is best to be evaluated by your surgeon to make sure you are OK to undergo the procedure.
The decision whether or not to proceed with surgery will depend on your surgeon and their assessment of you clinically. Generally, I feel it is safest to wait until there are no signs of active infection, whether it is a cold sore or blemish, before the patient has surgery. Surgery is a stress on your system and can make an active cold sore or infection worse.
A nose will not"fall" after a well done rhinoplasty. However, every patient will continue to age with time and therefore will experience the sagging secondary to aging. Although my comment is anecdotal, having done this work for over 35 years, I feel that sagging is less likely when proper...
Thanks for the interesting question. In patients who have not undergone prior surgery, the most common cause of a short, upturned nose is a lack of proper development of the septum. I've seen this many times in my rhinoplasty practice in patients with a severe septal deviation or septal fracture...
Asymmetric swelling is the rule early after rhinoplasty. At 2 weeks, it is impossible to determine final results. Your two sides will never be the same depending upon how critical you are of your nose. Asymmetry is the norm, but is rather a matter of degree...
