What is Rhinoplasty?
Rhinoplasty is a medical term for what’s commonly called a “nose job”. It’s a surgical procedure designed to reshape or repair the nose. This is most often done by reshaping or removing cartilage or bone to give the nose a different shape. Rhinoplasty offers a solution that allows the nose to be in better proportion with the rest of the face.
Sometimes an irregularly shaped nose is due to genetics, but often the cause is due to an injury. Rhinoplasty can reduce the entire size of your nose if you feel it’s too big for your face or the results can be much more subtle, reshaping or changing the size of only the tip or the nostrils.
Benefits of Rhinoplasty
The benefits of rhinoplasty extend beyond just the aesthetic changes. In some cases, rhinoplasty is used to open up nasal passages, allowing the patient to breathe normally and without impairment. It can also correct birth defects, such as a deviated septum or other abnormalities, both internally and externally.
Insurance will often cover the cost of rhinoplasty when it’s done to improve function, rather than just cosmetic reasons. Other benefits of rhinoplasty include:
- Improving the shape of the nose
- Giving the nose proportionate size to the rest of the face
- Improving facial symmetry
- Removal of humps or bumps on the nose
- Drastically increasing self-confidence
What is a Neck Lift?
A neck lift is a surgical procedure designed to eliminate excess skin, fat, wrinkles and sagging along the jawline and in the neck area. This surgery is often done in conjunction with a facelift, but can be performed by itself if a facelift is not needed.
The end result of a successful neck lift is more definition along the jawline and a more youthful looking neck area. The results can last indefinitely as long as your weight is maintained.
Expectations should be set prior to neck lift surgery. The surgery will not change your basic appearance, nor will it stop or slow down the aging process.
Benefits of a Neck Lift
The delicate nature of the skin in the neck area makes it especially vulnerable to the effects of heredity and the environment, and highly susceptible to showing early signs of aging. Because this area is so clearly visible, it can easily make you look older than your years.
One of the main benefits of a neck lift is that it can literally take years off your appearance. Having the wrinkled, excess skin removed can do wonders for improving your confidence and self-esteem, particularly after significant weight loss.
Neck lift results, while noticeable, also tend to be natural looking and subtle. Incision scars are usually tiny and well hidden, and after recovery are almost completely unnoticeable.
Other benefits of a neck lift include:
- A more youthful overall appearance
- Can be performed alone or simultaneously with a facelift and/or eyelifts
- Lifting sagging skin and muscles back to their original positions
- Gives the illusion of weight loss
- Restores a younger-looking, beautifully sculpted neckline
Rhinoplasty and neck lift surgery, while designed to offer completely different results, both procedures are capable of providing drastic and dramatic changes to your appearance.
As long as you’re prepared to welcome those changes, the decision to have rhinoplasty or neck lift surgery can be one of the best you’ll ever make.