SECONDARY RHINOPLASTY

There is always a chance you underwent rhinoplasty surgery but didn’t like the results? This could be a frustrating situation when the surgery doesn’t meet your expectations and in this case you might need a secondary rhinoplasty surgery to correct the problem.

Secondary rhinoplasty patients are quite different from primary surgery patients as they tend to be more skeptical and more emotional and cost issues of going for secondary rhinoplasty tends to make them edgy and at times a bit hostile too.

In most of the secondary problems, secondary rhinoplasty offers correction in the form of addition of tissue for offering support or structure to the framework of the nose. Secondary rhinoplasty is also referred to as revision rhinoplasty which is used for correcting any problems which might have erupted after first surgery.
You need to know what could be reasonably achieved so that unrealistic expectations could be struck off. You need to discuss all possible aspects of your problem and entrust yourself to a surgeon who would suit your individual need

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Secondary rhinoplasty needs to be performed when the primary procedure turns out to be unsuccessful. There could be several reasons for failure of primary rhinoplasty which could be related to the skill of the surgeon or nasal anatomy such as inflammation or epistaxis. A secondary rhinoplasty needs be performed only after careful examination of the entire nasal area which includes a soft ray radiographic examination of the osteocutaneous profile.

Secondary or revision rhinoplasty becomes necessary for around 5 to 12% of the patients who have undergone rhinoplasty where some of the patients just require minor changes whereas others only require major modifications.
Secondary rhinoplasty is one of the most difficult forms of cosmetic surgery as it requires correcting mistakes while facing the same problems which lead to undesirable results after conduct of first surgery.