I'm an African American female who will be getting surgery in a week and I'm concerned about the Gore-Tex implant I'm concerned about getting an infection our Excursion. I don't want to have to go under the knife again?
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If you want refinement of your nose and you have reasonable expectations then you probably would be happy with what a Rhinoplasty would accomplish for you. However, there is a limit to what surgery can provide. The best place to start is with a consultation that will help you to understand your...
The angle between the dorsum and the maxilla is too divergent in your case, thus you have 3 thirds of the dorsum needing different management to change and make less wide / divergent such angle:-the lower dorsum, at the supratip area, needs massive to moderate lowering-the central dorsum, needs...
The short answer is...yes. Often African American rhinoplasty, which i perform on a routine basis, includes raising or augmenting the dorsum/bridge of the nose to raise the height and have a more narrow appearance. Breaking the nasal bones (osteotomies) is not always required,...
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