Don't Stress About Getting Hearing Aids
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When a Nose Job Is More Than Cosmetics
It’s rather hard to miss your nose, that protrusion in the middle of your face that affects both your ability to smell and breathe, and how people perceive your overall looks. Because so much of how appealing we are comes from our faces, it’s easy to become self-conscious about our nose being in some way imperfect.
For this reason, rhinoplasties, commonly referred to as nose jobs, have become quite popular as a cosmetic treatment to address perceived problems with the appearance of your nose. However, this treatment also offers many medical benefits that can improve its function.
Let’s look at the types of rhinoplasties you can have, the problems they can address, and when to think about this method as an option. Drs. Wade Han, Elvira Livigni De Armas, and the dedicated staff at Florida Ear Nose & Facial Plastic Surgery Center can help both improve your appearance and manage medical issues through rhinoplasty and other surgical procedures.
Types of rhinoplasty
Rhinoplasties can be performed in several ways, but each falls under either an open or closed procedure, depending on whether the work is minor or major. Both of these basic types require incisions to separate skin from bone and cartilage to reshape them, but open surgeries require complete separation to better examine the anatomy and make specific changes.
Here are the subtypes of rhinoplasty to help make changes to your nose:
- Functional: a type of reconstructive surgery to manage medical conditions
- Secondary: revises or fixes results from previous procedures
- Nonsurgical: using dermal fillers to add volume to correct irregularities
Medical reasons for getting one
Functional rhinoplasties work to treat medical issues and restore deficiencies in how well it works due to injuries or problems you were born with. Reshaping your nose with this procedure helps to treat several problems:
Restoring normal breathing
Injuries that impact your nose, structural issues that went undiagnosed for many years, or medical problems affecting your sinuses may benefit from rhinoplasty to help you breathe easier.
Correct congenital conditions
Conditions such as cleft lip, vascular malformations, Apert syndrome, frontonasal dysplasia, and Treacher Collins syndrome can be inherited and affect how well your nose functions. Rhinoplasty can help manage complications from these problems.
When you should consider a rhinoplasty
Just about anyone can have a rhinoplasty, but it’s best to wait until the nasal bones have fully developed, which is around 15 for girls and 17 for boys. However, medical reasons for rhinoplasty may necessitate treatment at an earlier age. Even when done for medical reasons, there are still risks of altering nasal bone growth.
Overall, surgery isn’t the first-line treatment for many medical problems, so determining its use depends on the severity of your condition. To find out whether your nose problems require surgery, make an appointment with Drs. Han, Livigni de Armas, and their team at Florida Ear Nose Throat & Facial Plastic Surgery Center today.
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