Your nose is a central feature on your face, and one of the first things people notice when they look at you. As such, even slight imperfections in this area can have a dramatic impact on your overall appearance – which is why rhinoplasty is such a popular procedure among men and women of all ages.
This complex and delicate surgery has become increasingly common over the years, but it’s not without a few inherent risks that patients need to consider before selecting a surgeon and going under the knife. On this page, we’ve outlined a few of the most common rhinoplasty complications, along with the steps esteemed nose surgeon Dr. Rady Rahban takes to prevent them from occurring.
These are very rare occurrences among Dr. Rahban’s patients, but it’s important to be aware of them. Whenever you have surgery, there’s a chance that you’ll experience severe bleeding and/or a serious infection. Fortunately, there are steps your surgeon can take to minimize these risks and ensure your safety. For example, Dr. Rahban will have you stop using medications, supplements and anti-inflammatories that may increase your risk of bleeding for two full weeks prior to surgery. To prevent an infection, he has you use a powerful antibiotic cream in your nose for a week prior to your surgery in preparation. In addition, he will administer antibiotics at the time of and after surgery, as well as provide you with detailed aftercare guidelines that will keep you safe and healthy as your nose heals.
This is one of the most life-altering rhinoplasty complications. Most cosmetic rhinoplasties entail making the nose smaller. This is often at the expense of the function of the nose. The nose is weakened and hence with time the nasal passage becomes compromised and results in poor breathing. This may manifest as snoring, exercise intolerance and difficulty sleeping. To prevent this from happening to his patients, Dr. Rahban uses a reconstructive rather than a reductive approach in all his rhinoplasties. That means that while he makes the nose more attractive, he does not do so at the expense of the structural integrity of the nose. He does this by being conservative in places that call for it and by adding support using cartilage grafts where he anticipates weakness. Not only will your breathing be unchanged, but in many cases he’ll actually improve this critical structure so that your breathing is enhanced after surgery.
Your nasal septum is the wall that separates the left and right airways. In rare cases, this wall may be perforated during nose surgery, causing nasal pressure, a whistling noise when breathing, bloody discharge, crusting, trouble breathing, discomfort and potentially collapse of the nose with time.
Whether or not this complication happens to you is completely in the hands of your surgeon – which is why it’s so important to choose carefully. Dr. Rahban prevents nasal septum perforation from occurring by taking an extremely careful gentle and accurate approach when performing your septoplasty, an often necessary part of your rhinoplasty.
When Dr. Rahban does a consultation with a prospective patient, he wants it to be two things above all others: thorough and honest. He will find out from you just what you want from cosmetic surgery. And he will tell you honestly if you can get the result you want, and how he can best help you do so.
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