Surprisingly, rhinoplasty is a painless surgery. Most patients stop taking painkillers 2 or 3 days after surgery. New techniques, such as ultrasonic surgery, strongly reduce postoperative pain and inflamation.

Approximately 2 weeks after a rhinoplasty you will be able to restart your normal life, both social and work. You will be able to do moderate physical exercise after two weeks and intense physical exercise after 4 weeks.

The estimated time is 4 weeks.

Direct sun exposure is not recommended for four weeks after surgery. You may go to the beach with a hat and sun protection

In a primary rhinoplasty, the final result is seen approximately one year after the surgery, but after 2 months you can see more or less how the nose has turned out. In a revision rhinoplasty, if you have had previous surgery, the time that must pass to see the final result is longer, varying according to the type of surgery performed and also according to your skin type, but it will surely take 2 or 3 years to see the final result.

Most patients who have costal cartilage removed do not experience a more painful recovery period than those who do not. The scar is hidden in the inframammary fold, therefore in a few months it will be inconspicuous. No type of chest deformity occurs.

As a rule, if you breathe well before the procedure, you will continue breathing well after rhinoplasty. If you breathe poorly before rhinoplasty, after the intervention you will breathe significantly better.

As a norm, it is performed under general anesthesia due to its duration since it is a 3–5-hour surgery and performing it under local anesthesia or local anesthesia plus sedation implies a greater risk of anesthetic complications and greater patient discomfort.

Yes of course. In fact, rhinoplasty is often done in combination with other procedures, such as otoplasty, mentoplasty or blepharoplasty.

As a rule, a nose should not be re-operated until 12 months have passed since surgery.

Yes of course. It is only very likely that 2 weeks before rhinoplasty it will be necessary to remove the filling material with hyaluronidase or with some kind of treatment.

Otoplasty is not particularly painful. Postoperative pain is mild; you may notice some transient discomfort for few weeks when resting your ear on the pillow at night.

You must wear molds covering your auricles for 1 week. After removing the molds, a headband at night is advised for 3 additional weeks.

You will be able to exercise after 2 weeks; intense physical exercise may resume after 4 weeks.

No, in adults it is performed under local anesthesia plus sedation, and it can even be done in selected cases exclusively under local anesthesia.

After otoplasty, the auricular cartilage remains inflamed for months. Piercing of the pinna is seriously discouraged due to the high risk of infection.

The postoperative period is not particularly painful. Pain is usually controlled with mild analgesics.

Upper lid blepharoplasty can perfectly be performed under local anesthesia without the need for sedation. Lower lid blepharoplasty in most cases is done under local anesthesia plus sedation performed by an anesthetist.

They last between 7-10 days. During this time sun exposure and straining shall be avoided.

After upper lid blepharoplasty, the eyelids remain swollen for approximately 4 weeks; although after 2 weeks swelling is minimum. In lower lid blepharoplasty, depending on the type of technique, the final result is seen 4-8 weeks after surgery.

In most cases it is convenient to concomitantly lift the tail of the brow. Tail of the brow lift like upper lid blepharoplasty can be done under local anesthesia.

Yes of course, both procedures are usually combined.

In the profile view of the face, the structures that stand out are the nose and the chin. Quite often the patient has a small chin which prevents the surgeon from achieving an optimal rhinoplasty result, therefore we recommend in those cases placing a chin implant or even performing chin advancement.

During the consultation we will perform a simulation of your surgical result and in the simulation of the profile photo we will discuss whether or not it would be advisable to perform some type of procedure on the chin. We will only propose it if you also consider it appropriate.

No. You may feel some mild discomfort at the chin for a few days.

It is a very simple technique. It is done before rhinoplasty and takes approximately 30 minutes.

No, chin prostheses do not need to be replaced. Once in place, they remain there for life and do not cause any type of problem in the human body.

They are procedures that are not painful the patient notices some tension in the facial skin for 2 or 3 weeks while healing is taking place.

Around 2 weeks of social leave are necessary. We also recommend avoiding exercise during this period.

Although there are currently non-surgical procedures to treat facial aging that are highly satisfactory, there are none whose results come even close to the results of a facelift or minilift.

In some cases a minilift can be done under local anesthesia plus sedation. The facelift is a 4 to 5 hour surgery and it is advisable to do all these cases under general anesthesia regarding patient’s surgical safety. It is also recommended that the patient stays overnight in the clinic.

Around 4 weeks after surgery.