When is the Right Time for a Revision Rhinoplasty?

In my opinion, the nose, which is located in the center of the face, is an important part that highly affects the changes of the image. Perhaps that's why when the nose is too low or short compared with the balance of the face, or when the nose is an aquiline nose in which the middle part sticks out obviously, a bad impression would be given in most of the times, which makes the number of people who want to change the nose shape through Rhinoplasty increases gradually. 

As the demand of Rhinoplasty increases, more and more people are considering Revision Rhinoplasty due to the unsatisfactory surgery result or the side effects brought by the nose plastic surgery. When people have Rhinoplasty, there are many times when people did not consider the functional problem, and did the surgery only focusing the cosmetic part that is seen externally, which can lead bad results like the implants are exposed or moving, and cause functional problems of the nose, for example, breathing and smelling problems. That's why situation in which people are having Revision Rhinoplastyhappens more frequently. However, it does not mean that you should have Revision Rhinoplastyright after the previous Revision Rhinoplasty just because you do not like the shape of the nose.    

So, When is the Right Time for a Revision Rhinoplasty? 

In general, for the ideal timing to have Revision Rhinoplasty, it is desirable for you to have it 6 months to 1 year after the previous surgery, when the wounds caused by the previous surgery and the tissues are all stabilized. If you need to do the revision surgery due to inflammation, Revision Rhinoplastymay be done after more time, even if the inflammation has fully subsided. However, if the situation is that you need to remove the implant immediately as there are functional problems, depending on the individual's condition, the surgery may be performed quickly by advancing the timing of the revision surgery. 

In the case of Revision Rhinoplasty, as we need to deal with the tissues that are already damaged, the difficulty of the surgery is high, so we will need to analyze the cause of the failure of the previous surgery accurately. That is because there are times when we need to treat the inflammation before the revision surgery, or times when we need to remove the implants or use the autologous tissues. 

for example, if you choose to have the revision surgery as you are not satisfied with the result of the 1st surgery, sometimes, we may need to remove the implant used in the 1st surgery completely and put in a new implant. At this time, it is better to use autologous tissues as many as possible rather than using artificial implant in the revision surgery, but you will need to decide the revision surgery after figuring out the current nose condition accurately by having sufficient consultation with medical team with rich clinical experience. 

On the other hand, if the inflammation that occurred after the previous surgery remains, we need to remove the implants used in the previous Rhinoplasty completely and wait until the inflammation has fully recovered before doing the revision surgery, so that the Revision Rhinoplasty can bring a safe result.  

If you want a satisfactory Revision Rhinoplasty!

Before you have a Revision Rhinoplasty, if you do not want to experience failure twice, rather than just look at the nose shape with is being seen externally and do the surgery, you should have a consultation with a medical team with extensive anatomical knowledge of the nose, which can identify functional problems of the nose's frame, shapes and damage after accurately analyzing the complicated interior structure of the nose.

Moreover, the most important thing is that you should carefully check whether if the hospital is a place with systematical clinical conference system and post-surgery manage system, and if it is a place which can make a customized surgery plan that suits you personally.

In addition, in order to prevent from having the necessity to have another Revision Rhinoplastyin the future, and in order to reduce the inflammation after the surgery, your own effort is also important. If you have planned to have a nose revision surgery, if the surgery when the your body condition is not good, you got a cold, or when the your physical strength is poor, there's a high risk of inflammation after surgery.

Therefore, you need to start managing your body condition well about 1 week before having the surgery. Moreover, you should be aware that for a month after surgery, you need to avoid drinking and smoking, severe exercise, severe sneezing, bending or moving the head excessively to prevent inflammatory reactions to artificial implants. 

Our nose is the part that is located in the center and gives 3-dimensional feeling to our face, and a very tiny change on the nose can give huge changed to our impression. So, if you are thinking about the timing to have Revision Rhinoplasty, I hope you check the aforementioned different things carefully and get your image be transformed successfully certainly this time.