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This patient's improvement was not the result of a face lift at all: she only
had a liposuction under the chin. Liposuction cannot be performed as the
only procedure unless the skin is young and elastic enough to
"shrink-wrap" to the contour of the neck after the excess fat under
the skin is
removed.
In a person who has lived long enough to lose skin elasticity, the skin would
just hang down unattractively if the fat were removed without using a face lift
to tighten the skin at the same time.
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Questioner:
Rhinoplasty gone wrong? Nostrils not even
Help, I had surgery on the 18th of May. Right away I noticed my nostrils were not even. When I went back to my doc the following day after surgury and addressed this with him he said my nostrils were probably uneven before the surgery, which is not the case. What should I do? What do you think ? I am panicking because it is now the 20th and although I know my nose is still swollen I don't believe my nostrils will change. What do you think?
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Dr. Denenberg's answer: Go back to your doctor again.
Asymmetric swelling can cause visible asymmetries that go away if it's truly only the swelling that's asymmetric.
But you're only a couple days after surgery! Your doctor is the one who knows what happened during surgery, and you're kind of stuck with him for support right now. Call him again for another evaluation/pep talk.
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