Know what you want and how to get it Preparing for a nose job or rhinoplasty involves not just taking care of yourself before and after the procedure, but knowing exactly what you want from the procedure and being able to describe it. (The following are...
Preparing for your rhinoplasty recovery In addition to the steps you should take to prepare for the nose job or rhinoplasty itself, such as quitting smoking or taking any form of nicotine and avoiding certain medications, there are steps you should take beforehand to...
What to look for in a rhinoplasty surgeon A rhinoplasty surgeon needs immense skill, a great deal of medical knowledge and an intuitive sense of the aesthetics of the human face. Look for a surgeon who has been in business for years, if not decades — a surgeon who has...
Nose job- how to figure out the cost Nose job is becoming a very popular surgery. According to realself.com, the cost of rhinoplasty in Charlotte, NC ranges from $4,000 to $10,000. This may seem less than helpful since the highest price in this range is two and a half...
Revision Rhinoplasty- what to do when your nose job didn’t do well Revision Rhinoplasty is sometimes necessary when the first surgeon didn’t do the best job. You want to make sure you contact the most experienced surgeon in town to fix your nose. Next- start thinking...
A nose job surgeon must know psychology as well as surgery It is important for a nose job surgeon to understand the psychological issues surrounding the desire for cosmetic surgery, in order to be sure that the patient will truly benefit from that surgery. Hundreds of...
Responding to a nasal injury Usually, when a nose job or rhinoplasty is performed, it’s just to make the patient look better. The nose in question works perfectly well, but is a little too big, has kind of a hump in it, or has a tip that points the wrong way. But...
Wanting a nose that looks more male or female Usually, when someone wants rhinoplasty they just want their nose to look better — a little bit smaller, straighter in the bridge, fully symmetrical. But sometimes the purpose of a nose job is to make the nose look more...
Brenda and the small improvement (The following are dramatizations.) Brenda was fifteen years old and had always thought of herself as looking ordinary. Not beautiful, not ugly, just… not standing out in a crowd. Which in some ways felt worse than being ugly. One day,...
Nose jobs accepted, popular Every year more than a hundred thousand people get nose jobs, and most of them are happy with the results. According to a study in JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery, only about one in thirty nose jobs need revision, and according to the Web site...