Jan 18
Welcome to Profiles Rhinoplasty Blog Page!
Thanks for your interest in our new blog page. You may know that we have been writing about rhinoplasty for a while on our main page www.beverlyhillsprofiles.com, but we’re excited to now have this page as a dedicated rhinoplasty education site. Our mission is to provide you as much information as possible about our favorite procedure. Some of you will be new to rhinoplasty and gathering information before you decide on surgery. Others will be in the unfortunate position of having had an unhappy experience with a previous rhinoplasty.
Many of you are all too familiar with how technically challenging this procedure is. But, despite what your previous experience has been, we want you to know that a positive change and a happy outcome can be had by almost everyone considering rhinoplasty or revision rhinoplasty.
It can be hard, though, to find the answers you need to make the right decision. Rhinoplasty discussion groups and forums are a great way to meet other people with the same concerns. You can get ‘the goods’ on different surgeons and hear real patient feelings and opinions about the procedure and recovery. Many people in these groups are very knowledgable, but you probably won’t find all the answers you’re looking for.
On the flip side, many doctors websites and articles are either overly vague or overly technical and don’t really tell you what you want to know. That’s why we’re here. We’ll try in this page to upload articles and blogs that answer frequent questions and concerns about rhinoplasty and revision rhinoplasty, questions you probably have as well. We’ll discuss technical matters, but we’ll try to distill them in a conversational way that has meaning for you and will help you to have a discussion with your surgeon.
This site is meant to be totally interactive. Please feel free to submit your questions or comments about anything having to do with rhinoplasty, and we’ll try to answer them as quickly, thoroughly, and honestly as possible. If you’re thinking it, then a number of other people probably also would like an answer to the same question, so please ask us our thoughts on your concern. And, if there is something new that you think would be a good topic for an article or if there is something that we could explain better, please tell us.
We look forward to talking to you.
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Hi,
I would like to know how to find an experienced and reputable surgeon to help me with a nosejob gone wrong. I live in South America, but I will travel to the US for this purpose.
Thanks
Maria Dunn
Hi Maria,
You are right to want to see a rhinoplasty expert for a complicated revision. We frequently do phone and email consultations if you are interested…we can give you an idea of what would need to be done to achieve your goals. We’re also happy to provide a referral to a trusted colleague somewhere else if that’s more convenient. We’re interested in finding a solution that works for you. Feel free to contact us from our main webpage http://www.beverlyhillsprofiles.com.
I had Rhinoplasty done 6 months ago. I have taped my nose absolutely every night for fear of getting a “Polly Beak.” I have thick skin and I had a large reduction. Well, just as I feared, it seems I have a slight polly beak happening. Here’s my only hope…in the morning, after the tape comes off, the bump is gone. But within an hour, I have swelling in the exact same place, in the shape of “Ohio” right on the bridge on my nose. Which seems a little to high to be a Polly Beak. Do you think it will eventually go away? DO you think this is really a true “Polly Beak” if it is reduced with the tape? AM I causing the swelling to remain because I am still taping (with a lot of pressure) every night? I ahve no one to turn to , all freinds and family don’t want to talk about it anymore. My surgeon says she sees the bump and wants to go in and reduce it some more…but I really don’t think it is healed. It also has a dark coloring around the swollen area daily. Any advice is truely appreciated. I search the web a lot looking for answers…your site is the best so far!
Hi Renee,
Thanks for your question. You have a few positive things going for you here. Swelling over the area of a previous bump and in the tip generally takes the longest to settle. Because you have thick skin, it may take another 6 months or longer before you see the skin fully contract. The sense of fullness should be improving over that time. The fact that your swelling seems to disappear in the morning after taping is a good sign that much of what you are seeing is swelling. You are right…swelling over a previous bump is too high to be called a polly beak, a term that refers to excessive fullness in the area right above the tip. I would have a good discussion with your surgeon before you go ahead with any revision/touch up plans… and you do not need to tape with a lot of pressure. That will not cause the swelling to remain but it can irritate your skin. All the best,