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Alar base stitches are sutures placed along the nostril-cheek crease, used to make the nostrils smaller. This is one area where scarring can be obvious in a rhinoplasty patient. There is no "magic" number of days for suture removal, but leaving the sutures in for too long causes scarring at the suture sites, often referred to as "railroad tracking."Some patients are slower to heal than others. I generally remove all facial sutures in 1 week, unless the wound has not fully healed, then I would leave them in 2-3 more days. I usually do not leave sutures in longer than 10 days in this region.
Hi Petal,Alar sutures should be removed at 7 days. Actually the longer the stitches are left in place, the greater the risk of those dreaded "stitch" holes that you are referring to. Be well and enjoy your new nose.Dr. P
Usually we take these out in 5-7 days. If you leave them in for longer, you run the risk of suture marks permanently where the suture was.
It is best to remove stitches in the face by the fifth day so as not to leave any railroad tracking on the incision. Additionally, any sutures left in nine days will leave railroad tracking and should be avoided.
Every plastic surgeon has their own way of doing surgery. Ask them. There is no absolute correct answer - I do many rhinoplasties and take out the sutures between 3 and 7 days usually.
Measuring Alarplasty It is very confusing to measure the alarplasty in mm. Typically it means that if you draw a line from the medial canthus downwards it should touch the sides of the nostrils. However, based on that a 5mm change will be huge. The other way to measure that might be more...
Yes, both can be done at the same time under local. It takes about 1.5hrs. The physical recovery is by next day since you are not put to sleep. Do some research to make sure you get to the surgeon who is comfortable in both of these procedures. Regards Dr. Janjua
There is no connection betwen your nasolabial folds and your afroamerican alar excess, actually I'd never say you have bad, too visible or deep nasolabial folts, they are sweet and mild ones, no reasons to be concerned about them. Alarplasty can be an option, however in these ethnic noses...
