Rhinoplasty is a difficult and complex aesthetic surgery, and in the hands of experienced plastic surgeons, it can lead to higher patient satisfaction. Pre-examination and planning are very important for rhinoplasty. The patient's surgeries, traumas to the nose should be questioned, and allergic disease and breathing problems, if any, should be learned. During rhinoplasty, procedures to eliminate the problem of breathing comfortably through the nose can also be performed, and if interventions related to the septum in the middle of the nose are also performed, the name of the operation is septorhinoplasty.

It is important that patients who want to have rhinoplasty can describe their problems (low tip, curvature, etc.). Also, their expectations should not be unrealistic.

On the other hand, patients often apply with one or more photographs in their hands and demand that the person in the photograph be made like a nose. However, they should be aware that the same nose that suits one person may not suit another person, since the face forms differ in people. The important thing in rhinoplasty surgery is not to apply another nose that the patient likes to him, but to change the current nose in a way that suits him best and looks very natural according to his own facial features.

Rhinoplasty is performed under local anesthesia and more often under general anesthesia.

The patient can be discharged on the same day or the next day after rhinoplasty with perforated silicone pads in the nose and a plaster-aluminum or plastic-like splint on the back of the nose. Depending on the procedures performed, tampons and splints may not be used, but in some cases they are definitely used for the success of the nose surgery and the safety of the patient.

After rhinoplasty, patients' pain is minimal and can be kept under control with oral medications.

Rhinoplasty can be done with open or closed technique.

Unlike the open technique, there is an extra incision made in the lower part of the nose, and the scar of this incision is often not noticeable.

The open technique is mostly preferred in patients who will undergo reoperation and in patients who will have intensive operations on the tip of the nose.

The duration of rhinoplasty differs according to the procedures to be performed, and rhinoplasty takes an average of 1-3 hours.

Procedures such as nose tip lift, nasal tip reduction, nose lift, nose reduction can be performed without cutting the nasal bones if the patient does not need it separately. If the patient needs it, it can also be performed by cutting the bones. Different tools are used to cut bones. On the other hand, recently popular medical chainsaws and ultrasonic cutters are also widely used.

Increasing swelling and bruising (especially on the lower eyelids) occurs in the first 2-3 days after rhinoplasty, the tampons are removed after 2-4 days. From the third day, the bruise-swelling begins to decrease. When the splint is removed on the 7th-8th days, the bruise, if any, can be camouflaged even with light make-up. Around the 10th day, the bruise is over, but there may be some slight yellowing. Around the first month, the yellowing and bruising do not remain, and the edema exceeds 50-70%. After 6 months, the clear state of the nose has emerged or is about to emerge, and the clear state has emerged in the 1st year. The times are not clear because they differ from patient to patient.

In the first days, there may be bloody or bloodless fluid leakage from the tip of the nose, and this is normal, except for excessive bleeding.

After the tampons are removed, saline solutions are prescribed to the patients for their application, and thanks to these applications, the swelling in the nose is reduced more quickly and forms such as clot-scab-snot are cleared.

Depending on the bandaging situation to take a shower, the 2nd-3th day is expected after the nose surgery or the 7th-8th day when the plaster is removed.

After rhinoplasty, patients can return to their daily routines within 3-5 days (the bands and splint will remain on the back of the nose). However, they should protect their noses from trauma for at least 6 weeks and should not lie on their noses. Heavy exercises and the use of glasses (in patients whose bones have been cut) are also prohibited for 4-6 weeks.

Complications such as bleeding and infection may occur in the early period of surgery. In the long term, there may be situations related to the shape of the nose and airway that will require reoperation. Although the frequency of complications is quite low, it is important that patients do good research in their doctor's preferences.

Rhinoplasty is one of the most frequently performed aesthetic surgeries, and after this surgery, patients need to be a little patient to see the result.

Rhinoplasty prices vary due to many variables (technique and difficulty to be applied, anesthesia to be used, hospital where the surgery will be performed, etc.) and therefore, get information about rhinoplasty prices from your doctor for the most accurate prices.