

Some patients come to the surgeon asking for the impossible; to get a nose job like that may look more like a movie star or television star. The expectations of this category of Rhinoplasty candidates really need to be evaluated and addressed before surgery is scheduled to ensure that they don’t have unrealistic expectations of what the surgeon will be able to do, and to ensure that the candidate is psychologically stable enough to handle the surgery and their subsequent transformation. Otherwise emotional and psychological problems surface after the surgery and they will be a constant headache for the surgeon.
Age of the patient is also important; don\’t operate under the age of fourteen or fifteen for girls, or fifteen or sixteen for boys. This is because adolescents go through their final growth spurt around these ages and the size and shape of the person’s nose is still changing before the completion of this growth spurt.

Post operative period is difficult for any patient. Any major transformation in their facial appearance have to be accepted and it should transform their self image and self-esteem.
Having said all that, while Rhinoplasty may not solve all emotional issues that a person who has lived with a deformity has, it will help to give them the opportunity to experience a better life by reducing or eliminating the physical deformities that had previous been the source of their emotional and psychological problems.


 (Pre and post op pictures after 1 week)
Dr.K.O.Paulose FRCS DLO, Consultant ENT Surgeon, Jubilee Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. www.drpaulose.com  www.snorefreesleep.com
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