Q. I am due to have revision rhinoplasty with Dr Pros @ Harley Medical Group in Sept 2010, the things I would like to have improved from my primary surgery would be to achieve a ski-slopped nose, to get rid of a bulbous projecting bridge and tip, I would like definition to the tip, make nose appear thinner and length to be increased. Is there anyway by reading my description above that you could perhaps advise me on the best possible procedure to achieve this look for myself. My primary surgery was to get rid of a hooked nose and I think the surgery performed was closed rhinoplasty. Unfortunately the shape of my new nose appears to have changed considerably since the operation and has left me unhappy with the current shape, I feel that it now looks like a smaller version of my old nose, but perhaps more turned up at the tip, but still prutruding from the bridge and the tip causing quite an un-natural look. I think perhaps the surgeon mis-understood how much change I wanted to achieve from my surgery (due to lack of communication on both our parts) and can’t help but feel if he had performed the open rhinoplasty procedure with incision under nose this may have been avoided and I could have been given the desired shape I had hoped for originally. Please could you give me any advise regarding this and perhaps your personal opinion on what I should now do to make sure I definitely acheive the desired improvements to my nose that I am after? Many thanks,
A. Thank you very a inquiry. It is inappropriate to discuss what appears to be a complex secondary procedure based on the description rather than consultation. I suggest that you organise a longer consultation with your prospective surgeon to go through the points that you would like to achieve and request of some information regarding how these points would be addressed. I would be happy to see you in consultation, but I am afraid that I could only advise you regarding the approach that I would take, which does not necessarily mean it is the only option available.
Q. I am due to have revision rhinoplasty with Dr Pros @ Harley Medical Group in Sept 2010, the things I would like to have improved from my primary surgery would be to achieve a ski-slopped nose, to get rid of a bulbous projecting bridge and tip, I would like definition to the tip, make nose appear thinner and length to be increased. Is there anyway by reading my description above that you could perhaps advise me on the best possible procedure to achieve this look for myself. My primary surgery was to get rid of a hooked nose and I think the surgery performed was closed rhinoplasty. Unfortunately the shape of my new nose appears to have changed considerably since the operation and has left me unhappy with the current shape, I feel that it now looks like a smaller version of my old nose, but perhaps more turned up at the tip, but still prutruding from the bridge and the tip causing quite an un-natural look. I think perhaps the surgeon mis-understood how much change I wanted to achieve from my surgery (due to lack of communication on both our parts) and can’t help but feel if he had performed the open rhinoplasty procedure with incision under nose this may have been avoided and I could have been given the desired shape I had hoped for originally. Please could you give me any advise regarding this and perhaps your personal opinion on what I should now do to make sure I definitely acheive the desired improvements to my nose that I am after? Many thanks,
A. Thank you very a inquiry. It is inappropriate to discuss what appears to be a complex secondary procedure based on the description rather than consultation. I suggest that you organise a longer consultation with your prospective surgeon to go through the points that you would like to achieve and request of some information regarding how these points would be addressed. I would be happy to see you in consultation, but I am afraid that I could only advise you regarding the approach that I would take, which does not necessarily mean it is the only option available.
