Interested in a rhinoplasty or other internal nasal surgery to promote healthy breathing? If you get a nose job, it may be worthwhile considering the other surgeries you could get during the same surgical session.
Why? If you want more than one cosmetic plastic surgery, consider the benefits of a single surgical session which include:
- One session under anesthesiology
- A single anesthesia charge
- One recovery and healing period
- Missing less time at work
The most obvious procedure that many choose with rhinoplasty is chin augmentation or mentoplasty, for patients with receding chins.
Mentoplasty does wonders for the profile and sharply improves your whole facial appearance. Patients with receding chins who go ahead with only rhinoplasty often regret it, according to Medical News Today.
We know this because two plastic surgeons from the department of Otolargyngology at Charing Cross Hospital in London, England, rounded up other plastic surgeons and lay people to study before and after rhinoplasty pictures of 100 past nose job patients.
Using four different evaluation methods, the doctors and lay people found that between 17 and 62 percent of male nose rejuvenation patients and 39 to 81 percent of women rhinoplasty patients should have also considered chin augmentation.
Concluded the authors: “Every nation values a balanced face so all cosmetic plastic surgeons should inform potential rhinoplasty patients of the impact mentoplasty can have on balancing facial profile profiles.”
(Read more about the rhinoplasty study.)
Chin augmentation, however, is not the only procedure that facial cosmetic surgeons often provide during one surgical session.
While the upper limit for any one surgery is about five hours, the health of the patient decides the actual time.
For instance, some nose job patients opt to also have otoplasty (ear pinning) while under anesthesia. Some choose to have surgeries of the body like breast augmentation or tummy tuck. In the best scenarios, a facial specialist performs the rhinoplasty while another plastic surgeon who does only surgeries of the body steps in.
An expert facial cosmetic surgeon performing nasal surgery could also perform at the same time:
- Eyelid lifts
- Face lift
- Cheek implants
The best part of all? Most plastic surgery offices offer discounts for “add-on” surgeries after you’ve already decided on one!
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Below, rhinoplasty plus chin augmentation equals a perfect profile (Robert Kotler, M.D. photo)
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Chin Augmentation, Before (left) and After
