Current Issues in Aesthetic Surgery: Breast and Nose Surgery

Aesthetic surgery is currently one of the most sought-after branches in the field of medical services. Hundreds of thousands of patients annually turn to plastic surgeons with a request to correct the shortcomings of their appearance. Among the many aesthetic surgeries, rhinoplasty and mammoplasty have been the most popular for many years. Especially for the readers of estet-portal.com, a doctor of the highest category, plastic surgeon Grishin Evgeny Leonidovich spoke about the most pressing issues related to breast and nose plastics. Why a doctor can refuse rhinoplasty and how often women want to reduce their breasts – find out now.

Evgeny Leonidovich, tell our readers, what nose defects do patients most often turn to you for help?

Most often, patients come with deformities of the external nose and nasal breathing disorders. These can be either isolated problems or a combination of breathing problems and external nose defects.

 

What is the most common age group for rhinoplasty patients?

For rhinoplasty, mostly young patients come: from 20 to 40 years old.

Rhinoplasty can be started after 18 years of age, when  the formation of the facial skeleton ends.

How long does the operation last and how long is the recovery period after rhinoplasty?

Operation in progress  from one to two and a half hours, depending on the complexity of the problem. Recovery takes approximately 7-10 days, during which time bruises and swelling disappear, and a person can go to work.

 Aesthetic surgery helps patients improve their quality of life. How often do patients who suffer from nasal breathing disorders come to you for rhinoplasty, and can this operation solve their problems?

About a third of the patients who come to me suffer from nasal breathing disorders. These problems are not only possible, but must be solved at the same time.

In what cases can you refuse a rhinoplasty to a patient?

These are patients who suffer from some serious diseases, for example, pathologies of the cardiovascular or nervous systems, or patients who do not quite understand what they want to get the result of aesthetic surgery, because, in this case, the likelihood of dissatisfaction after operation is very increasing.

What problems do patients come to you for breast correction?

The patients can be divided into two categories: girls with congenital deformity or acquired defects, such as breast asymmetry, absence of mammary glands or their hypotrophy. The second category – these are women who have already given birth to children, their breast shape has changed, and they do not like it.

How often do patients want to reduce their breasts through aesthetic surgery?

The ratio of reducing and increasing mammoplasty – 1:5, that is, breasts are 5 times more likely to be enlarged than reduced.

Can there be problems with feeding a child after mammoplasty?

There are no problems with breastfeeding after breast augmentation. I recently met my patient who was operated on 10 years ago. She has already successfully brought up two children, and her breasts have practically not changed, which cannot but please me, as a surgeon.

Is the result of breast augmentation permanent, or does this operation need to be repeated after some time?

No, high quality implants are used in aesthetic surgery today.

Modern implants come with a lifetime warranty, so if a woman is satisfied with the result of the operation and she likes everything, there is no need to change the implant.

How should a woman take care of her breasts after surgery?

For a month after the operation, the patient must wear a special corset, and special surgical plasters are glued to the seams so that they are invisible.