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Injection Rhinoplasty
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Question: My understanding was that the plastic surgeon would use
some type of steroid to break down the excess cartilege around
the tip of the nose.
Have any of you heard of such a procedure? It certainly would be
preferable to rhinoplasty, especially in cases where a touch-up and
slight refinement was desired.
Answer: Rhinoplasty surgery to reshape the nose, is one of the most common of all
plastic surgery procedures. Rhinoplasty can reduce or increase the size of
your nose, change the shape of the tip or the bridge, narrow the span of
the nostrils, or change the angle between your nose and your upper lip. It
may also correct a birth defect or injury, or help relieve some breathing
problems. During surgery the skin of the nose is separated from its
supporting framework of bone and cartilage, which is then sculpted to the
desired shape. The nature of the sculpting will depend on your problem.
Finally, the skin is redraped over the new framework & it is the
adherence to this framework as well as shrinking of the skin that gives
the end result.When rhinoplasty is performed from inside the nose, closed,
there is no visible scarring at all. When an "open" technique is used and
incision is placed on the strip of skin between the nostrils. When the
procedure calls for the narrowing of flared nostrils, incisions are placed
in the creases between the nose & lip or cheek.
When properly performed this does not hamper breathing.
Rhinoplasty can be performed under local anesthesia with sedation or
general anesthesia, depending on the extent of the procedure and patient
preference.
Injecting steroids will adversely affect the skin & fat before it affects
the cartilage. The result can be very thin nasal skin with pitted areas
where there is loss of fat due to the injection. The degree of effect is
unpredictable.
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