Can brushing your teeth with a regular tooth brush affect your results 6 months post Rhinoplasty?

Cartilages DO indeed last forever once grafted and revascularized inside noses, who told you such idea? maybe a surgeon without skills or patience to build noses who is keen on using out-of-the-box nasal prosthesis?No one serious, reputed, efficient and capacitated surgeon would, IMHO, use...

Getting restful sleep after rhinoplasty is important, and sleeping on your side may not lead to permanent changes in your nasal appearance. If you sleep on your side, you may notice more swelling on the side closest to your pillow in the morning, but that should dissipate at the end of your day....

After rhinoplasty, I recommend that my patients refrain from any kind of exercise for at least two weeks. You can begin moderate exercise after that time. By 4 weeks, most of the obvious swelling will have subsided. The nose heals slowly, so your results will continue to improve for up to 1 year...

The depressor septi muscle is commonly modified by plastic surgeons during rhinoplasty, especially if one has a droopy tip when smiling. This muscle can be treated alone or combined with other procedures during the rhinoplasty (ex. cartilage grafts, sutures, etc). An alternative is to soften th...

Once your splint is removed, you are able to get a general idea of what your nose will look like.  That being said, you will have a degree of swelling after surgery that can affect the appearance.  In addition, once the splint is removed the swelling can even increase  a bit more as there is no...

But... what for? that is a non very logical finesse... any reason's why? perichondrium plays no role and is irrelevant, why should it be re-built?when I harvest rib cartilage I do cut the perichondrium to access the shaft of the rib cartilage, then I lift off the outer layers and harvest the...