Out-of-state Rhinoplasty: how to get it started?

Thanks for your question. It is not
unusual in my practice for patients to have surgery who live a plane flight away,
sometimes even overseas. I find that an initial consultation by phone with
photos of the nose from multiple angles and other goal pictures of the desired
result can be very helpful and give both the surgeon and the patient the
confidence to schedule surgery. An in-person consultation can take place a day
or 2 before surgery with the idea that final commitments are not made until
that time. However, in order for insurance to cover a septoplasty, records of
your history and documentation from another physician can be necessary, and it
made be difficult to get preauthorization without an in-person consultation. In
general, in my practice I allow patients to return home 5 to 7 days after
surgery after removing sutures and the splint. I hope this information helps!
Best wishes.

In our office (and others) that do patients from out of state or out of the country send photographs for our evaluation. Our patient coordinator then makes all the arrangements for you as well as stay in aftercare facility for the first evening. Our patients are seen in the next day and usually see the sights for the next few days until the cast comes off their nose and they return home. Most importantly is make sure your surgeon does natural looking noses.

 If you're traveling for a rhinoplasty procedure, the first step is to contact the office patient care coordinator. The second step is to send photographs to  your prospective rhinoplasty surgeon. Computer imaging can also be performed on the photographs and sent back securely to the patient as long as they're of high quality. Most  rhinoplasty surgeon's offices have hotels that they can recommend patient's stay at for 7-10 days after the procedure. The patient care coordinator sometimes can help with these arrangements. Flight arrangements are usually made by the patient. It's also very important to followup with the after the surgery to manage the soft tissue healing process over the cartilaginous framework of the nose. Look for a rhinoplasty specialist who  has a fly in for surgery program to walk you through all of  the steps