Can I qualify mini facelift & rhinoplasty if I am on immunotherapy following a kidney transplant?

Depending on what was done during your rhinoplasty surgery, you may have had grafts placed into your tip and that can cause temporary weakness of the central portion of the upper lip. It takes 9 to 12 months for somebody to completely regain function of their upper lip, and get back to a normal...

Recurrent breathing issues are most frequently result of turbinate hypertrophy. Use of decongestants may help to a certain degree but additional turbinate resection may be needed. None of these may be permanently successful, unfortunately. Lower eyelid issues may also be associated with...

Some people take a full 2 years to lose all of their swelling after rhinoplasty surgery. If you are having intermittent episodes of inflammation, consider asking your surgeon whether or not any permanent suture material was used in your nose. Occasionally, people may be sensitive to suture...

It takes good 12 months for rhinoplasty result to mature. You should wait at least another 6 months before making decision about further nose surgery. Good luck.

Hello and thank you for your question. The final results take at least 1.5 years for the swelling to fully resolve. This can require lots of patience and waiting. Steroid injections performed by your surgeon can be extremely helpful. I usually start steroid injections around 1 to 2 months...

Sleeping on one side or the other is NOT why changes are happening to the nose. This is usually secondary to several potential issues 1) poor surgical technique with visible changes now possible because the edema/swelling has decreased 2) scar contracture forces 3) residual asymmetry that was...