Is It OK to Scrunch Up the Nose?

Hello, Usually, the nasal developmental maturity is reaches at the age of 16. Based on that, you should be a little patient and have mother nature take its course to provide with the final outcome of your development. Then, your mature nose will be a solid ground on which your surgeon...

I cannot be definitive without a formal physical examination, but as a general rule, it is ideal to use your own body's tissue.  It is most readily accepted by your own immune system, and least likely to cause problems with rejection, extrusion, infection or migration.   I usually...

During - no not in my opinion Take two of the most important and complex procedures and combine them on the same day and you are deviding the surgeons attention between two very intense procedures.  I am not saying that I would not and will not ever do them on the same patient the same...

Radix reduction and radix augmentation are routinely incorporated portions of the rhinoplasty procedure, and there are photos of both on our website gallery.  As other responders suggest, bone at the radix is thick, and can be most expeditiously reduced with a power burr.  The maneuver...

Before the rhinoplasty surgery patient is asked to undress and put on the gown, compression stockings and socks. Patient can leave his/her underwear and/or bra on.  During the procedure patient is covered with blankets. The operating room is cold and patient’s body is not exposed to lower t...

I usually keep the splint on the patient's nose for one week after the rhinoplasty surgery. The splint gets removed and I apply steri- strips on the top of the nose’s skin for a few days. Keeping the external splint longer will not decrease the amount of the residual swelling. Every patient h...