I don like my rhinoplasty result. When can I have revision rhinoplasty?
It is vital that patients wait one full year before undergoing revision rhinoplasty. First of all, final results of rhinoplasty are not evaluated until one full year postoperatively. It takes a year for postoperative swelling to subside and healing to be complete. Changes, however subtle, continue throughout the 12-month course following rhinoplasty. As time goes by, the nose gradually looks different. Features refine as the swelling resolves. These refinements sometimes are enough for a result to be deemed acceptable. A second consideration is scar formation. Revision rhinoplasty is challenging enough without battling through scar tissue that has not matured. Scar tissue is somewhat more compliant in the hands of the surgeon when it has been allowed to soften over time. Even after a year the presence of scar tissue makes revision surgery more complex. Circumstances advocating revision rhinoplasty at less than one year after the primary (first) rhinoplasty are almost nonexistent. If a
