Rhinoplasty Surgery

Any surgical treatment involves certain risks. It is important that you understand all the risks associated with the rhinoplasty procedure. Your decision to have this operation should be based on your careful evaluation of all the possible risks and the potential benefits. Most patients undergoing this surgery do not experience complications. However, you should discuss all possible risks and your tolerance of complications with your consultant plastic surgeon, Miss Prousskaia, in order to make sure that you fully understand the implications and consequences of having a rhinoplasty. Elena will provide you with further information with the risks and provide you with a detailed consent form during your consultations. This will help you to minimise the risks.

During your pre-operative consultations, Elena will talk you through all the intricacies of the surgery, offering advice on how best to prepare and how to look after yourself during the recovery period. Swelling may increase in the first three to four days before subsiding and will vary patient-to-patient. Sleep propped up in bed with extra pillows for the first week to help reduce the swelling faster. Most bruising and discolouration should resolve over the first two weeks. Make up can usually be applied ten days to two weeks after surgery depending on your recovery period, this will need to be checked with Elena Prousskaia. Your splint will be removed after 1 week and your nose will be numb following surgery, this is normal and will subside over the coming weeks to months. You can resume normal activities 7 days after surgery but you should avoid vigorous activities or contact sports for a period of 4-6 months which is the time that the nasal bone needs to heal. During this time you should also avoid crowded areas in case someone accidentally hits you on the nose which could put your nose out of shape.

In general, rhinoplasty candidates usually meet the final criteria: Healthy patients with no serious medical conditions or illnesses. Patients who do not smoke or have shown that they can stop smoking for a prolonged period of time. Patients who have realistic aesthetic goals. Most rhinoplasty patients are between 18 and 50 years old. Age matters because your face and nose don’t stop developing until your late teens or even later. If you’re too young now, you may become a good candidate in a few years.

Aesthetic nose surgery, or rhinoplasty, is a procedure which, to many patients’ pleasant surprise, leaves very little scarring or even no visible scarring in some cases.  There are two approaches when performing the operation. A closed approach rhinoplasty is one where the incisions are placed inside the nostrils and scars are all hidden internally.  The other approach is called an open rhinoplasty where, in addition to the internal incisions, an additional cut is made across a relatively well-hidden part of the columella (the central partition of the nose). There will therefore be a very small external scar on the columella. This scar tends to fade well with time.

Breathing through your nose after rhinoplasty tends to become easier as early as one week after surgery. Nasal breathing will improve over the following weeks and will generally feel back to normal by one to two months after surgery.

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The length of the operation usually takes up to 5 hours however will vary depending on the complexity of each individual case. You will stay in the hospital overnight with packs inside your nostrils and these will be removed the next morning before you are discharged. The nasal splint will be removed at your first follow up visit in one week by Elena Prousskaia.

Elena does not operate on patients that regularly smoke or vape. To be considered for this procedure you must refrain from smoking or vaping for 3 months before and after your surgery.