What Is Cosmetic Nose Surgery?
Physical appearance is very important to both men and women nowadays. Fortunately, as medicine develops, more and more of our dreams can come true.
After so many centuries of practise, surgery has become so advanced that it no longer means repairing different parts of the body and replacing organs to re-establish the basic functions of the organism; it has turned into art – the art of reshaping the face and body and bringing them closer to perfection.
Cosmetic Nose Surgery Explained in Detail
Nose surgery, also known as rhinoplasty, denotes a series of procedures used for either practical or aesthetic reasons. This kind of surgery is thus meant to correct certain birth related health problems or simply to alter the shape of the nose for cosmetic reasons.
The aim of cosmetic nose surgery is to modify the characteristics of your nose so as to make it more beautiful and fit the proportions of your face. This does not mean that the main function of your nose (that of bringing air to your lungs) will be neglected.
That is why, while reducing or increasing different parts of your nose, this type of plastic surgery will maintain the ability of your nose to perform its primordial function – that of helping in the process of breathing.
There are several details of a nose that might make it undesirable. Size is one of them and most of the times a nose seems too big or just too long; the span of the nostrils might be too wide or maybe the angle between the nose and the upper lip is not the right one.
Sometimes the shape of the bridge or that of the tip needs improvements. Whatever the case may be, nose plastic surgery can solve the problem. Cosmetic nose surgery is designed to enhance your look and in this way to boost your self-confidence. It is not a complicated procedure and if you feel you are not happy with your nose, you had better find a qualified plastic surgeon and let him establish order and proportion on your face.
Nose plastic surgery is not painful at all. The doctor will recommend either intravenous sedation or general anaesthesia so you are unlikely to feel anything during the operation. The incision may be hidden inside your nose or made across that narrow strip separating the nostrils.
When nose surgery is performed from inside the nose, there will not be any visible scars at all. The open technique, used when nasal bones are changed from externally, may leave some scars near the bridge of the nose but they are usually minor and, even if they are not, they can be corrected during a second procedure.
The nose structure can be reduced or augmented with cartilage grafted form other parts of your body (septum, ear and rarely rib cartilage) so rejection will not occur. Once the desired shape has been sculpted, incisions are closed and healing will begin.
As nose plastic surgery is a fairly simple procedure, complications are rare and when they occur they are never serious. Risks can be reduced by simply following the doctors’ advice. Healing is a gradual process but with appropriate after surgery care your new nose will gain strength and stability.