The trusted Cleveland-area plastic surgeons of Foglietti Fostyk Plastic Surgery are skilled in revision surgery for myriad plastic surgery procedures, including rhinoplasty. Patients who had a disappointing experience with previous surgery often turn to Dr. Foglietti or Dr. Fostyk to correct surgical mistakes and achieve the desired aesthetic result. The first step in the revision process is to wait until swelling has subsided. This will require several months. Only then will you be able to observe the final result, as inflammation distorts the appearance of your nose and surrounding tissue. Tissue is also less likely to heal properly when it is inflamed.
Generally, it is prudent to wait at least a year after the initial rhinoplasty before undertaking a revision. This waiting period can be longer for patients with thick skin, or it can be much shorter for patients whose nose suffered serious deformities in the original surgery, such as twisting, pinching, collapse or retraction. This type of structural damage may actually worsen with time and become harder to reverse the longer revision surgery is delayed.