If youre keen to change the look of your nose, youll be joining a huge list of Brits whove made up their mind to have rinoplasty.

Understanding Rhinoplasty Nose reshaping surgery is surgery on the nose. The surgery can be done for medical reasons, breathing problems, birth defects, or injury, or it may simply be done for aesthetic cosmetic purposes. Rhinoplasty is among the top 5 surgical procedures for men and women with a 34% percent increase in its popularity in one year as stated by British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk).

Nose jobs have the ability to alter the size of the nose in its entirety, eliminating a bump, altering the shape of the bridge or the tip of your nose and narrowing the nostril openings. There are two major kinds of surgery: reduction and augmentation (which makes the nose larger). Tip reshaping or tip-plasty is also well-known. Consultant plastic surgeon from the West London Clinic (www.westlondonclinic.co.uk) think that the nose can be said a balanced nose only when its tip is in proportion. Alex Karidis one of the leading plastic surgeons in London comments that gone are those days when people use to have to large size button nose. Now people prefer to have appropriate shaped nose making reduction the most popular type of rhinoplasty.

Benefits of rhinoplasty Consultant ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeon Mr Kalpesh Patel declares: Many patients seek rhinoplasty wish to look normal and fit in. They want a nose that complements their face. Having surgery can completely change their life and provide them the confidence and self- esteem they were earlier lacking. Also, rhinoplasty can be perfomed to improve nasal function for example, because of a birth defect or injury thats led to breathing problems. Mr Ion comments that skin becomes thin with the increasing age. Similarly, the fat around the nose looses resulting in the sagging of the nose. Hence, Rhinoplasty is more common for people of old age group.

The rhinoplasty procedure

Your surgeon will make cuts inside your nostrils to reach the bone and cartilage. The shape of your nose will then be made by slightly removing and re-shaping the bone and cartilage. The main process is a closed operation, done from inside the nose and leaving no visible scars. The surgeon enters the nose through cuts inside the nostrils and sculpts the bone or cartilage to give the desired shape. Open rhinoplasty involves a small cut across the columella, between the nostrils, in addition to incisions on the inside of your nose. Some surgeons prefer the open rhinoplasty because it allows them greater visibility of the nose.

Rhinoplasty cost It charges you anything between 3,000 to 4,000.

Recuperation time

When you come back from surgery, you may have facial bruises and puffiness thatll give you the appearance of having been in a fight. This will last for around 14 days. Your reworked nose will be held in place with a splint or plaster cast for about a week. Dont do any ardous activities, spend too long in direct sunlight or bend forward for the first week for risk of bleeding. Realize that the tip of the nose can experience insensitive for 6-12 months, but feeling will finally come back.

What can fail? Every surgery contains some uncertainty and risk and rhinoplasty is the same. There is a threat of infection and of having a reaction to the anesthetic. After surgery, small burst blood vessels may appear as small red spots on the surface of the skin. These are usually small, but may be everlasting. Taking out too much cartilage or bone can make an unnatural appearance and isnt desirable because it may hinder breathing. However, people usually get relief from breathing problems if proper care is being taken.

How long does it last? Unlike other cosmetic surgery procedures (many of them need to be repeated later), you shouldnt need to redo a nose job unless youre displeased with the outcome. Mr. Patel states that in about 10 per cent of rhinoplasty instances theres a poor aesthetic result and five per cent of patients will wish to undergo the surgery again. Mr. Karidis says: It is important for patients to know that it takes 12-18 months for them to check exactly what their nose will look like. Until then, while its still mending after surgery, they just get a glimmer of the result. They have to be patient.