Will Scrunching Nose After Septorhinoplasty Affect Outcome?

It is important  to try to attempt to use patient's own natural cartilage tissue to augment the nasal bridge. In Asian noses, we use a Silastic implant, not Gore-Tex.  A closed rhinoplasty approach can accomplish making the required changes to your nose with all incisions placed on the inside o...

  It is impossible to tell what may be causing  any cartilage deterioration. It is important make sure that it's fixed and stable before going undergoing a rhinoplasty. The rhinoplasty procedure for this type of problem would include a combination of an onlay graft and a spreader graft...

While vomiting after surgery of any kind is a valid concern in many patients, it is not common in post-operative plastic surgery patients.  The act of vomiting itself would not alter your rhinoplasty result.  However spending time bent over to vomit could cause additional facial...

Wearing heavy glasses after rhinoplasty is possible after six weeks. I tell my patients to put tape in the center of the glasses and tape the tape to their forehead that way they can wear them immediately after the cast comes off

That is the most ridiculous question I have ever answered. It is never acceptable to take drugs like ketamine, MDMA, and ecstasy. Will your nose fall off? No, but the drugs are illegal and against medical advice.

              This would depend upon the amount of swelling.  I would not recommend placing fingers in the nostril after alar base reduction.     Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA