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Sep
Can I Get Rhinoplasty If I Have Thick Skin?
Rhinoplasty can be done on a nose with thick skin, but it's done with a slightly different technique than a typical rhinoplasty because thick skin tends to hold onto swelling. This means it could take a few more months to see results than with a typical rhinoplasty. It&rsqu...
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Sep
Is Revision Rhinoplasty More Expensive?
Revision rhinoplasty is more expensive than first-time rhinoplasty because it's more complex. Since, it’s best to have revision rhinoplasty done by specialist, it can be more expensive because these surgeons charge for their expertise. Also, the procedure itself...
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Sep
Is Augmentation Rhinoplasty Permanent?
Augmentation rhinoplasty is permanent. It's done by adding cartilage or bone to your nose to create the desired shape. Your body heals around these grafts and shouldn’t change much over time.What is augmentation rhinoplasty?Augmentation rhinoplasty is a procedure wh...
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Sep
What Causes Saddle Nose?
There are various causes of saddle nose, which is defined as a collapsed dorsum, or bridge of the nose, which causes it to curve inward from the forehead to the tip. The nose tends to look like the area on a horse where the saddle is placed.Saddle nose can be a result of surgery...
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Sep
How Do You Fix a Snub Nose?
Rhinoplasty will fix a snub nose. Since this type of nose is too short and/or upturned for some people, we use your own cartilage harvested from a rib, or cartilage that has been donated, to lengthen the nose and create the tip dimensions and angles that is more aesthetically ple...
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Sep
How Do You Treat Swollen Turbinates?
To treat swollen turbinates there are surgical and nonsurgical options. Medical therapy is a non-surgical option where steroid sprays or rinses are used daily at home to help reduce inflammation. We can also reduce turbinates with radio frequency.The surgical option is a turbina...
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Sep
Is Laser Resurfacing Painful?
Most laser resurfacing is not painful, but it depends on the type of laser used. When I do a full CO₂ resurfacing, where we remove 100 percent of the skin to give you that even skin texture that you want, the process is not painful.However, if we do fractionated CO₂ or YAG laser...
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Sep
What Causes a Pollybeak Deformity?
There are two different causes of a pollybeak deformity of the nose, which is a fullness that is just above the tip. We call that a super tip. One of the causes is a soft tissue pollybeak deformity in which if you've had a rhinoplasty procedure and too much of the structure...
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Sep
What Is a String Facelift?
A string facelift is something that I don't do, but it is done with dissolvable threads that are placed under the skin to lift the skin and anchor it to structures higher up in the hairline and around the jawline.How long does a string facelift last? The length of ti...
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Sep
What Is a Tinkerbell Nose Lift?
A Tinkerbell nose lift is performed using filler that is injected into the nose to project the tip a little bit, and bring it up. This gives the nose that little scoop that Tinkerbell had.How long does a Tinkerbell nose lift last? The length of time that a Tinkerbell nose...
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