Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Can You Get Your Nose Back

How can you get over a nose job gone wrong? There are plenty of cases shown on TV about a celebrity who went in for a nose job and got a botched one. Sometimes the results can be improved and set right but for the others, they have to live with the horrible results of their plastic surgery. When plastic surgeons make a mistake, the patient can look worse than before they had the surgery.

Rhinoplasty is one of the most difficult procedures that surgeons do. It requires more than skill and training to achieve the results that the patients want. The doctor should have an eye for detail and a good sense of balance and proportion. He must be more of an artist than a surgeon because altering the nose of the person so that it can go well with the other facial features is a masterpiece.


It Might Not Be So Bad

The implications of a botched rhinoplasty surgery go beyond the face in the mirror. It has a profound effect to the psychological and emotional well-being of the patient. The nose is damaged as well as the self-confidence of the person. However, there are surgeons who are experts of revision rhinoplasty who can help in putting the nose together.

A revision rhinoplasty surgeon is the patient's best hope into getting his nose back. In some cases, there is too little tissue removed so the doctor basically continues the first nose job to get it done right. On other occasions, the first surgeon removed too much cartilage, bone or tissue that a graft might be needed from other parts of the body. However, a board-certified plastic surgeon can handle the job right and the patient might still be able to have that aquiline nose he wants.

But, a patient who has undergone far too many surgeries and procedures may not be able to restore the damaged parts of the nose. Surgeons will examine the patient carefully in order to determine if he is a good candidate for revision surgery. That's why the decision to go under the knife must be backed with knowledge and research and not only vanity.

This is a serious procedure with plenty of possible outcomes. With the surge of demand for cosmetic surgery, even non-specialists are practicing plastic surgery which could be the reason why there is an increase in the incidence of failed surgeries.