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Will It Be Obvious if a Patient Had a Rhinoplasty?

Do I have to tell my peers about my nose job? I am about to have a nose job. Do I have to tell peers I am going to get it? Will everyone notice? 

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It is unfortunate that you have a crooked nose after rhinoplasty. Wait at least one year after the initial surgery prior to thinking about undergoing revision rhinoplasty surgery. Your surgeon should be willing to perform a revision rhinoplasty on you to straighten a crooked nose. Usually...

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More photos would be required to give more accurate suggestions. However, it appears to me that you would benefit from a finesse rhinoplasty to thin and enhance your nose. Typically the procedure is done under local anesthesia with twighlight sleep.

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Shortening the nose can be achieved in a number of ways. However, much like other aspects of rhinoplasty, a personal evaluation by an experienced surgeon is very important here. This is because overall facial balance must be taken into account to determine 1. if indeed the nose is too long; 2....

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