Benefits and Risks Of Rhinoplasty

You may wake up every morning and dread having to look in the mirror because you are unhappy with the way your nose looks. You might have considered having cosmetic nose surgery (Rhinoplasty) but are not sure what the risks associated with the procedure are, and more importantly if it will give you the benefits you are looking for. 

Patients used to undergo Rhinoplasty in the past to rectify birth defects or any defects that may have arisen because of an injury or an accident. At times, patients would have breathing difficulties because of problems such as a deviated septum. However, recently the number of patients undergoing Rhinoplasty for aesthetic reasons has increased dramatically.

You may have felt for a long time that the tip of your nose is too bulbous or that your nostrils are too far apart giving you a flared up look. Similarly, many other people go about in life feeling very embarrassed about the way their nose look but also very helpless as they do not know if they can do anything to alter its looks. Their confidence takes a beating every time they have to meet people or attend social gatherings. However, with Rhinoplasty you can give your nose the exact shape or size that you have been looking for.
Rhinoplasty has many benefits:

• ·    You can make the bridge of your nose straighter
• ·    You can reshape the tip of your nose
• ·    You can change the size of your nose making it smaller or bigger
• ·    You can even have the angle between the nose and your upper lip changed

Sually Rhinoplasty is carried out inside the nose with the doctor working on the cartilage and the bone that lies underneath the skin. While usually a few cuts are made inside the nostrils, at times some cuts are made even in the septum that separates the two nostrils. The surgeon carefully lifts up the skin from the underlying cartilage and bone as well as the rest of mucous membrane. He or she can then see the entire nasal structure and follow a series of procedures to either trim or build the nasal bone as well as cartilage.  To build up the nasal bone or the cartilage, the surgeon may have to use some of the cartilage available deep inside the nose or else that found in the ear. If the augmentation is on a larger scale, then he may have to consider using implants or even bone grafting.

However, one has to keep in mind that similar to any other major surgery, Rhinoplasty also has certain risks associated with it. Some are general surgery risks like a reaction to anesthesia, infection or bleeding. Rhinoplasty also some specific risks like repeated nosebleeds, some numbness in and around the area of the nose, a reduced sense of smell and of course, scarring.

Speak to your surgeon about the various risks and benefits of Rhinoplasty to help you decide if the procedure is the right option for you.