Rhinoplasty or nose job or nose surgery is a kind of plastic surgery for the improvement of respiratory system or for improve the physical beauty of a person. Most of the peoples very less know about rhinoplasty and they also don’t know the procedure of rhinoplasty.
Rhinoplasty procedure or
nose job procedure or
nose surgery procedure is a typical procedure for which an expert plastic surgeon required.
For
rhinoplasty surgery procedure mainly two professionals required, one is anesthesia and the other is plastic surgeon. The actual number of professionals is depends on the complexity of surgery. But in normal cases these two professionals are sufficient.
Rhinoplasty procedure starts from the operation theater. When you are entered the operation theater you will meet your rhinoplasty surgeon, at this time you may ask about the detailed procedure of rhinoplasty. Now the actual nose surgery procedure starts. First the anesthesia, anesthetized your nose through marcaine or lidocaine or with epinephrine. Anesthetization of nose helps to numb the tissue, facial bones, surrounding cartilage. This may also helps patient from the feeling of rhinoplasty surgery. Some nose job surgeons also use the mixture of epinephrine and diluted to shrink the mucous membranes inside the nose. This mixture will also reduce the blood flow in the area of rhinoplasty.
After anesthetization there are mainly two techniques for rhinoplasty, these techniques are depends on the sophistication and artistry of surgeon and the type and complexity of job required. The two techniques of rhinoplasty are –
Internal (endonasal) rhinoplasty – In this approach of rhinoplasty the rhinoplasty plastic surgeon makes all the required incisions inside the nose, no incision will be made to external surface of nose. Internal rhinoplasty is the most complicated rhinoplasty and requires extra skills and artistry to perform. In this approach there are no marks of incisions on the external skin, as all incisions are made inside sot his type of rhinoplasty is generally used for cosmetic purpose.
External rhinoplasty – External rhinoplasty is also known by name open tip rhinoplasty. In this technique the surgeon make incisions outside the nose. The incisions are made at the crease where the nose joins the face. The main reason for making incision at this location is – after the surgery there is no discernible scarring after the surgery. Open-tip rhinoplasty or external rhinoplasty is used when there is more requirement of manipulation or removal of cartilage tissues and or skin. Generally this approach of rhinoplasty is used for improving the respiratory system of patient.
In rhinoplasty surgery any of two above procedures is performed by cosmetic surgeon or plastic surgeon. The whole time of
rhinoplasty procedure is two to four hours but actual duration of rhinoplasty depends on the complexity of surgery and the desired nose job. In rhinoplasty procedure the rhinoplasty cosmetic surgeon perform the sculpture process for the reshaping the nose. Apart from only the surgery for improvement of respiratory system, rhinoplasty is also a subject of art. The rhinoplasty surgeon must have the proper knowledge of physical shapes of noses and also what type of nose looks more beautiful on an individual face.
After the completion of
reshaping process of nose or you can say sculpting process of nose the rhinoplasty surgeon will check all the blood vessels if the area of surgery. After this the surgeon measures the holes of nostril for the conformation if they are match with the pre-op notes and measurements. Now the last process of rhinoplasty is performed. In this the surgeon closes the nose. For closing of incisions small sutures will be used
Now days, the packing is minimized in rhinoplasty. Generally packing is used for holding things at proper place inside the nose. But if there is more complicated rhinoplasty surgery packing will be required. Now finally in
rhinoplasty procedure a small protective splint is placed around the nose. After two to four days the splint will be removed by your rhinoplasty doctor and you will see your new nose.