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You’ve Had Fillers In Your Nose. Can You Have a Beverly Hills Rhinoplasty?
By admin | October 23, 2009
You’ve Had Fillers In Your Nose. Can You Have a Beverly Hills Rhinoplasty?
The first question is, “Which fillers?” If you’ve had temporary fillers such as collagen, Restylane, Juvederm or Sculptra, you might wait for these to dissipate before a final decision is made with respect to rhinoplasty or cosmetic plastic nasal surgery. As a matter of fact, it is advisable because a surgeon should not base his decision on the temporary appearance of the nasal structure.
Dr. Kotler's Non-Surgical Rhinoplasty Patient
If you’ve had a permanent filler such as medical grade liquid silicone or even ArteFill or Radiesse, this can present a technical challenge for the surgeon. He is going to have to “plow through” tissue that has had a filler injected into it and has developed a fibrous or scar tissue reaction to the filler which is responsible for the filler’s maintaining its position and appearance.
It is very important that the surgeon knows what material was used. If necessary, the medical records should be retrieved.
I would advise patients considering using fillers to first ask themselves if they have not given any consideration to the rhinoplasty. It is always wise to do the rhinoplasty procedure – with or without nasal septoplasty and turbinate resection for breathing – prior to any placement of filling material. I like to think of the fillers as the dessert or “topping off”: they can be used to correct any minor imperfections so that in the end, the patient gets the result closest to their wishes.
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