In most cases, the surgery is performed through incisions in the nostrils, leaving no visible scars. Bone and cartilage are trimmed and the nose reshaped. Nostril packs and splints may be required. This operation takes around two hours. Bruising and swelling may take three or four months to fully subside. Complications such as bleeding or infection are comparatively rare. Sometimes a chin implant is inserted at the same time to balance the profile.

Most patients have a definite idea as to how they would like to improve or refine the shape of their nose. Usually they dont like the hump on the bridge, the thickness of the tip, or the width of their nose. Rhinoplasty can help. How will I know whether I eat too much without getting obsessed with counting calories? I do not want to gain or lose weight, just to reduce body fat percentage.

Within a week or two, you'll no longer look as though you've had nasal surgery. The skin of the nose is fairly thick, and it can take months for every last bit of swelling to subside and for the final results of your surgery to become apparent.

There is no packing whatsoever placed on the inside of the nose. This was very common over 20 years ago when many surgeons were packing noses unnecessarily, which lead to severe pain and discomfort. Since there is no packing on the inside of the nose, nasal and rhinoplasty surgery is uncomfortable but only minimally painful.

All stitches on the inside of the nose are dissolvable. There are no permanent sutures on the inside of the nose and they dissolve within the one week postoperative period.

Each surgical procedure requires a different type of foot immobilization such as a bandage, splint, surgical shoe, cast, or open sandal. Good post-operative results require proper foot support to prevent future problems. Early use of leg and foot muscles hastens recovery. After sufficient healing time, most patients can resume wearing their usual footwear.

The LAP-BAND® System works best with solid foods to decrease hunger. Solid foods tend to stay in the stomach pouch longer, giving you a greater sense of fullness and satisfaction. Following surgery, you will begin by eating/drinking only liquid foods. Therefore during this time you may feel hungry. However, most patients find that they feel less hungry and more satisfied if they eat/drink the foods the recommended number of times throughout the day.

Injury-prone sports such as downhill skiing are also restricted. Hip patients will be restricted from crossing their legs, twisting operated leg, bending 90 degrees at the hip, or twisting side-to-side.

Recuperation time following the surgery is different for each individual and depends on the procedure. One general rule for all surgeries is no lifting of 30 pounds or more for six weeks. A registered nurse will discuss with you postoperative care prior to the surgery.

Most people usually feel confident enough to appear in public a week to 10 days after surgery and can expect to return to work after 2 weeks.

We will schedule a pre-operative visit during which the doctor will fill-out hospital forms, go over your medical history, current medications, allergies etc. and perform a complete physical examination.  You will also be given the opportunity to ask questions about the procedure, hospitalization, complications, etc.

When the tumor is removed, it is sent for frozen section.  This means that the pathologist will freeze a piece, slice it very thin and color it with various dyes that help in deciding what kind of tumor it is and if it is malignant or benign. When superficial, benign tumors are treated with excision of the superficial lobe of the parotid gland. Deep tumors may require a total parotidectomy or excision of the portion of the tumor that is deep to the facial nerve.

When you wake up from surgery, you will be transported to the recovery room (PACU), where would spend about 30 minutes to an hour, until you are fully awake and stable for transportation to your room. You will notice a drain tube attached to your clothes or a necklace. This is usually removed the next day.  Please do not pull on the drain or try to empty the attached plastic bulb. The nurses have standing orders to give you antibiotics, pain killers and medications for nausea and vomiting.

In most rhinoplasty surgeries a cast is placed on the nose when the nasal bones are reset. On a few occasions, a cast does not have to be used if the patient is only having a tip plasty surgery. Typically patients are able to breathe through their nose, somewhat restricted, if only a rhinoplasty surgery is being performed. There is no packing placed on the inside of the nose.

Concerns about the nose fall into four target areas: The tip, the profile, the width and the nostrils. Generally, the nose can be made smaller, larger, narrower or simply given a more optimal shape-all without changing the overall size. All of these areas can be addressed while still creating a nose that fits your face.

Depending on what you read or on your physician, you probably will refrain from any strenuous activity for anywhere from three to eight weeks. I started back to work (desk job) a day or two after I got home from the hospital. I also began walking daily, following the advice of the nurse at the hospital. If not for the catheter, I would have been walking 2-3 miles per day within one week of surgery.

Approximately 3 months following surgery you will have a PSA level test done. Because PSA is produced by prostate cells, and your prostate has been removed, your PSA level should become undetectable within 3-6 weeks of radical prostatectomy surgery (as the half-life of PSA is 3.2 days). If this PSA report is < .01 ng/ml or undetectable, then for the moment you are in pretty good shape, and you will be monitored every three months for the next two years.

With the eyelids closed, your appearance will be unchanged. When your lids are open, you will see conjunctiva covered by a conformer. Conjunctiva is the pink tissue resembling the mucous membrane inside your mouth. This tissue covers the ball implant which has been implanted in the socket, filling the space created by removal of the eye.

the LAP-BAND® System surgery is performed on an outpatient basis, almost all patients are released the same day as their surgery.