Rhinoplasty? Facial Injectables Do Some of the Job

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The nose job continues to be one of the most popular cosmetic plastic surgery procedures during 2007 with 285,000 people having rhinoplasties; men accounting for 74,000 of the nose surgeries, says the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

A rhinoplasty can change the following nasal features, among others:

• Make your nose bigger or smaller
• Change the shape of the bridge
• Narrow the span of the nostrils
• Relieve breathing problems
• Remove humps and bumps on the nose

However, there’s no hiding the after effects of a surgical rhinoplasty. You’ll be bruised, wear a thick bandage over your nose, have some swelling and should take some time away from your normal schedule for healing.

But there’s another way.

If the corrections you want on your nose are just minor, you can also have a non-surgical nose job with facial fillers like Restylane, Juvederm, Radiesse or Perlane.

Benefits? No recovery or time off for healing needed, little or no pain (anesthetic cream is spread on the skin before starting) and the results show much quicker.

Plus, the cost of a nose job with facial fillers is performed in the surgeon’s office and is priced far lower than a surgical rhinoplasty.

What’s the catch, you ask?

All these fillers eventually dissolve back into the body after about a year, leaving your nose in its uncorrected state.

Conditions on and around your nose that make you a candidate for a non-surgical rhinoplasty include:

• Straightening nasal humps and bumps
• Raising the bridge of a ski jump nose
• Repairing divots, depressions or troughs in the skin of the nose.

Some cosmetic surgeons give patients a mirror and ask them to watch and take part in the process as the doctor works.

Here’s a YouTube segment showing a patient getting facial fillers.

Speaking of which: the results of any facial filler or Botox wrinkle remover are known in plastic surgery as “provider dependent.”

That means it takes a lot of practice with many years experience with injectables to deliver good results. So be sure and ask your surgeon how often he or she has been delivering facial fillers.

When done correctly, the result can be very pleasing. Read more in the New York Times Magazine about how faces look when they are not pulled tight but pushed out and plumped up from the inside.

What would you like to have filled on your face?

admin @ February 17, 2009