The major part of the recovery takes usually less than a week. Chin implants or chin reductions are sometimes needed to create the best look. It was, at one time, the third most popular cosmetic surgery after liposuction and breast enhancement. However, although technology has advanced and the procedure is safer and more reliable than ever, the popularity of nose reconstruction has actually decreased in recent years. One reason is that more and more people are choosing to retain their ethnic individuality, which is often expressed predominantly in the shape of the nose.
Patients seek nose work for both cosmetic and medical reasons.
All of these procedures can be done in an outpatient surgical center under local anesthetic. Mentoplasty can help when a retruded or small chin tends to make a large nose appear larger on a person's face, and genioplasty can correct a larger or protrusive chin which makes a nose appear smaller. Sometimes one or the other procedure is recommended in addition to rhinoplasty, since a good nose reconstruction can appear only fair if a person's face now has a disproportionate balance to the nose, especially when viewed in profile. Most patients have concerns about their appearance for many years by the time they decide to have surgery, and usually they'll come in with a magazine picture or a photo showing the nose they'd like to have. Although we can't guarantee an exact match, we do our best, while making sure that the new nose is still appropriately related to the face.