For anyone with nasal problems, whether due to breathing issues, appearance or both, rhinoplasty can enrich your life. Although rhinoplasty is one of the more challenging plastic surgery procedures to perform, the best rhinoplasty surgeons produce consistently excellent results for their patients.
Although the rhinoplasty healing process goes on for up to a year, in only one week after surgery, most of our patients here in Bergen County are extremely happy with their decision to undergo rhinoplasty in NJ. Generally, once the splint is removed and initial swelling has gone down, which can take only 7 to 10 days, patients can see their outcome and the rest of the healing just makes the nose look better and better each day. This is one of the reasons we find our jobs as plastic and reconstructive surgeons so gratifying.
Can Rhinoplasty Improve Your Health?
There are a few important reasons why rhinoplasty is so positively life-changing for our patients. First of all, the physical improvement: ridding yourself of breathing abnormalities through rhinoplasty enables you to do more in life and be more comfortable. Mouth-breathing or blocked nasal passages caused by a deviated septum, may have been limiting your physical and social activities up to now.
You’ll soon find that fixing your nose helps you to become more active and healthy. It can even improve your relationships with others, which is a key component to overall health. The impediment of your breathing issues, such as noisy breathing or constant sniffling, is removed after a successful nose job. You may also have better dental health because mouth breathing leads to rapid tooth decay by drying the mouth. (NJ dentists will tell you that saliva helps protect the teeth and keep them healthy.) With an improved sense of smell, your food may even taste better.
Can Rhinoplasty Change Your Life?
Beyond physical health, the other set of pluses that successful rhinoplasty can bring are the social advantages. Psychological wellbeing is just as important for any individual as physical health. You must have both to get the most out of your life.
The distraction (and sometimes devastation) that a crooked or malformed nose can bring to your life can be crippling socially—or in mild cases, can at the very least hold you back from fully enjoying each day. You have a right, as a human being, to enjoy physical and emotional health and rhinoplasty can help on both fronts.
Get a Self-Confidence Boost, Even If You’re Not Seeking It
After rhinoplasty, our patients typically experience increased self-confidence, which works wonders for many. Even if you’ve never had a problem with your self-confidence, an extra boost may surprise you with positive effects. Improved self-esteem from rhinoplasty can bring success at work, school and social settings.
It won’t rid you of all your problems or make life perfect—but the improvement in your future prospects can be huge. Even a relatively small change in your nose, like removing a small bump that annoys you, can free you up to get more out of life. We see it happen every day and find practically every patient feels an important self-esteem increase after rhinoplasty in NJ.
This success rate is partly due to our many years of experience, combined with the extensive planning and care we put into helping each patient achieve their own unique goals for rhinoplasty. We work hard to make our patients’ lives better, and frankly, we won’t be happy unless each patient is happy with the outcome. We fully expect success for each patient we partner with, on his or her rhinoplasty journey.
When Is Rhinoplasty Not Worthwhile?
Rhinoplasty can be a disappointment for some patients. We meet with patients every day, in our northern NJ practice, who are seeking revision rhinoplasty procedures to correct poor initial rhinoplasty results. In many cases, patients seek us out or get referrals from other physicians—because their first nasal surgery didn’t correct the problem they were experiencing with their nose.
In other cases, patients actually require reconstruction due to poor surgical technique from an inexperienced plastic surgeon. Sometimes the first surgeon just did not clearly understand the patient’s wishes and expectations. The primary rhinoplasty surgeon may have had poor listening or communication skills or may have rushed through the consultation, without enough concern for the details. Sometimes the first surgeon was over-confident and took on a rhinoplasty case without the required years of experience.
Whatever the reason, many rhinoplasty surgeons cause their patients to endure the expense, wasted time and physical/emotional pain of a secondary rhinoplasty. Although rhinoplasty is typically rated “worth it” by patients after the fact—we caution you to make your choice of surgeon carefully. Only a top surgeon can produce stellar results for nearly everyone.
How Is An Expert Rhinoplasty Surgeon Different from the Run of the Mill?
An expert rhinoplasty surgeon:
- Has years of experience, with more than 10 years focusing on rhinoplasty surgeries. (It takes years to build up the experience to handle complex corrective rhinoplasty cases.)
- Has precise surgical technique honed over those years. (Even a tiny error in rhinoplasty will be obvious in your result.)
- Has excellent surgical judgment. This allows your surgeon to quickly take action if a complication arises during or after surgery.
- Has a great sense of aesthetics, with an excellent track record of past patients with great results—as seen in before and after photos and in testimonials from former patients. (Ask your surgeon if you can talk to a former patient.)
- Has a current medical license with the state of NJ and is Board Certified in Plastic Surgery and General Surgery.
- Has no sanctions or complaints on the state record.
- Has surgical privileges with a renowned hospital (ideally a university medical center).
- Has advanced training and experience in microsurgery and reconstructive surgery.
- Has terrific communication skills.
- Explains the benefits and also the risks of surgery. Your surgeon should not go forward unless the benefits clearly outweigh the risks and answers all your questions clearly.
- Takes time to focus on your case, meet with you in a thorough consultation, and understand your needs and goals for your rhinoplasty surgery in NJ.
- Establishes trust. You will know when you meet with the right surgeon—but make sure he or she has all the required qualifications for success.
If you look for all these qualities, you’ve got excellent “insurance” that your rhinoplasty outcome will be worthwhile. You will heal quickly, be well cared for during recovery and achieve the result you want—without the need to repeat the process with a corrective rhinoplasty procedure.
That’s the ultimate test of whether your rhinoplasty was “worth it.” After all, disappointment is an exorbitant price to pay after your nose job. If you’re happy with your result, you can look back and rate your journey as worthwhile. Choose the right rhinoplasty surgeon as your expert partner and you can enjoy your new, improved nose every day, for the rest of your life.
The Next Step is Crucial—But Fairly Simple
When you’re ready to find out more about your rhinoplasty possibilities, be sure to reach out and schedule a consultation with Cohen/Winters Aesthetic & Reconstructive Surgery here in Bergen County, NJ. We’re happy to consult with you at no charge about how rhinoplasty may help you move forward towards your goals.
