Rhinoplasty
January 14, 2008
Rhinoplasty is a type of cosmetic surgery carried out on the nose (nose job) first performed in India around 500BC. India is where such plastic surgery was in great demand as one of the terrible punishments involved the removal of a convicted criminal’s nose. Famous Indian plastic surgeons such as Sushruta have contributed greatly to the development of rhinoplasty Sushruta wrote in the 6th century BC and is often called the father of plastic surgery and some of the procedures which he developed, such as his techniques of forehead flap rhinoplasty remain much the same today.
So, strangely, all of us who benefit from a nose job do so because of the experimental work carried out upon criminals hundreds of years ago. Rather different to the drastic reconstruction work carried out by Sushruta today’s rhinoplasty mainly consists of minor cosmetic procedures to enhance the beauty of the nose such as the removal of small bumps. Such minor medical procedures can be carried out very quickly and the patient is usually able to return home the same day, and within a week things are beginning to get back to normal (except for a little bruising and a tiny bit of swelling).
If more aggressive rhinoplasty is required to be carried out, such as the decrease or increase in size of the nose, the patient may be required to stay in hospital overnight for observation. Following all rhinoplasty a protective split is placed on the outside of the nose to protect it, when the surgery has been greater it may be necessary to use nose plugs in the nostrils to keep the correct shape to the nose. The nasal packing can usually be removed after about a week when the swelling will have reduced greatly and the patient is often ready to return to work within a few days of it’s removal.
If you are planning to have some rhinoplasty work carried out on your nose you will need to plan well in advance as you will be required to attend a number of consultations with the surgeons who will be carrying out the procedure for you. They will assess what work should be carried out and they will also explain the likely results of the surgery. If you have any questions this is the time to ask!
Once, way back in the past, cosmetic surgery such as rhinoplasty, breast enhancement and face lifts carried a certain stigma. Many rich and famous people had a great deal of aesthetic surgery but went to great lengths to deny it. More recently famous stars such as Janet and La Toya Jackson and their brother Michael have all had nose jobs and so many others have benefitted from rhinoplasty that it is now considered rather old news. Costs have decreased making the treatment more accessible to those with a smaller budget but, for most of us, it remains something of a luxury that we may have done, one day.
Andrew Kelly has, over the last 10 years, been working with a number of very well known U.K. skin care companies, beauty salons and skin care web sites in the promotion of microdermabrasion and microdermabrasion products. This has led to a great interest in related health and beauty matters such as cosmetic surgery.