There are many reasons why rhinoplasty surgery is needed. Before moving on to these reasons, I would like to point out the following. Although rhinoplasty operations contain the word aesthetics, functionality is one of the priorities in rhinoplasty as in all operations. Any aesthetic intervention that will make it difficult to fulfill the breathing function, which is the main function of the nose, is unacceptable. Therefore, it is not enough to talk about an appearance that is compatible with the face in rhinoplasty operations, which is one of the operations that combine health and beauty. A nose that is both functional and compatible with the face is the main focus of rhinoplasty surgeries.

There are many reasons why rhinoplasty operations are needed. The reasons I frequently encounter in my professional life are the curvature of the nose, especially the appearance of the arched nose, the very wide nose wings, the low tip of the nose and the nose being too large compared to the face. Sometimes, we may encounter situations where the nose is very small compared to the face. At the end of the day, while many men and women need rhinoplasty and rhinoplasty due to all the reasons I have listed, we, surgeons, can provide our patients with a brand new nose appearance in line with the planning we made in the consultation examination, with the right planning and competent application.

When it comes to rhinoplasty surgery, it is necessary to be able to meet many criteria in order to be suitable for this operation. The first of these is the age limit of 18. Young people under the age of 18 sometimes apply to our clinic for rhinoplasty due to many reasons such as rhinoplasty advertisements made today, anxiety and anxiety disorders caused by living in an age where visuality is at the forefront, and peer bullying. However, not every application turns into a process, unfortunately. As in all operations, your priority is always your health in rhinoplasty surgeries. So, if you have not suffered a trauma, an accident etc. Patients under the age of 18 are not suitable for rhinoplasty. Under normal conditions, it should be waited for the completion of the developmental period for the operation.

In addition to the age limit, our patients should not have a medical obstacle to getting anesthesia, since rhinoplasty operations are operations performed under general anesthesia. In nasal aesthetic surgeries, which are reliable operations, we request some tests from our patients who apply for the operation.

In addition to basic medical requirements, if you have a curvature in your nose, if you suffer from an arched appearance, if your nose is larger than your face, if your nose wings are wider than they should be, if there is a serious asymmetry in your nostrils or if you have a low nose tip that will greatly affect your aesthetic appearance; you are a suitable candidate for rhinoplasty surgery.

Rhinoplasty surgery, which is performed under general anesthesia in a full-fledged hospital, is one of the procedures that requires preparation before the operation. First of all, we give a day for consultation examination to our patient candidates who apply to us for rhinoplasty.

On the day of the consultation, we evaluate the nose of our patients both with the general examination and on the photographs we took. In the evaluation I made with the support of computer technologies, I present both the possible results of my patients’ requests and an approximate image of the new appearances that my patients will gain after our surgery planning.

At this point, visualizing the possible results of the operation is obviously much more descriptive for both me and my patient. Thanks to the approximate results I can show on my patients’ own photos, I can easily say that the probability of encountering bad surprises is almost zero when it comes to rhinoplasty.

Although from time to time my patients come to my clinic with photos of celebrities whose noses they like, I always say that the best planning will be on their own photos.

After planning is done on the photographs, I want some examinations from my patients. The purpose of these examinations is to find out if my patient has a medical disability to receiving anesthesia. If the results of the examinations are suitable for surgery, then we determine the date of surgery.

There are a few points that I expect my patients to pay attention to until the surgery date. The first of these is smoking. Since the chemicals in cigarettes slow down cell renewal in the skin, it is of great importance that my patients do not smoke, both before and during the recovery period after surgery. Although smoking during this period does not pose an extreme danger, it may cause prolongation of the post-operative recovery period as it negatively affects the healing process of the tissues.

Another issue is of course blood thinners. Now and then I get feedback from my patients: “My doctor, I only use it as a tablet”, “My doctor, I use pre-filled syringes”. First of all, I must say that before the operation it is not the form of the blood thinners that matters, but their effect on the body. Therefore, regardless of whether it is aspirin, ecopirin, etc. Regardless of whether it is the pill or pre-filled syringe such as Oxapar, Enox, etc., all blood thinners should be discontinued an average of 10 days before the operation.

As I mentioned earlier, there are innovations in rhinoplasty surgery, which is one of the operations that are widely performed and in high demand in the world, and the surgical techniques and the surgical process become more comfortable with each passing day. Today, you may have heard of many different surgical techniques such as let down rhinoplasty, piezzo surgery, Greek nose, Italian nose, etc.

We generally perform piezzo surgery with the open technique. Piezzo shapes the nasal bones without breaking them, unlike the classical method, which has been used in recent years.

On the day of surgery, our patients should have an average of 12 hours of fasting and should not have taken any medication that day. According to the scope of the operation to be performed, the operation; It can vary between 2.5 and 4 hours. Depending on the extent of the intervention, you can be discharged from the hospital a few hours after the operation or the next day. You can return to social life in an average of 3-4 days, provided that you protect your nose from trauma. In this process, the splint to be put on your nose after the operation will make it easier for you to protect yourself in social life.

Although the healing process in rhinoplasty operations varies according to the preferred technique, the recovery in the operations performed with the piezzo method is somewhat faster than the classical method.

Although you usually stay in the hospital for one day after the operation, you can be discharged from the hospital on the same day depending on the scope of the intervention and the technique used.

Although the effects of the operation are left behind in the first week, it should be noted that it may take between 6 months and 1 year for the nose to take its final shape. However, you should not wear glasses for the first 4 months after the operation, and you should not put any pressure on your nose. In addition, places such as sauna and hammam should be avoided for the first 3 months.