Primary Rhinoplasty (Nose Job) - Before Surgery

Before Nose Job surgery: Tips

• Once in Buenos Aires, an assistant provided by Plenitas will take you to the lab in which the clinical analyses and the surgical risk evaluation will be performed. By performing the analyses in Plenitas' lab, we can be sure of getting a reliable result, that is presented in the language that Argentine physicians know best, in the metric system that they are most familiar with and according to the current standards of the medical clinics of the country.
• It is advisable that you ask your surgeon whatever questions you may have so as to do away with all those doubts and fears so common for those who are about to undergo surgery. Plenitas and its medical team will gladly answer all the questions you may want to ask before your trip and during the personal interview before the surgery. Likewise, we will gladly organize your trip to Buenos Aires, if you wish to talk to the physician in person before making a decision.
• It is advisable that you write down all the questions you may have prior to the interview, so that youwill be able to read them to the physician and get answers for all of them.
• If necessary, you may make drawings or take some pictures with you to convey more accurately the kind of shape you wish your nose to have. The surgeon will tell you if your wishes are compatible with the outline and general proportions of your face, and if they are not, he will suggest alternatives.Get ready, psychologically and emotionally, for a very important change. Bear in mind that for some people it takes some months to recognize themselves after a rhinoplasty. Adults find this change more difficult to accept than young people, since they have lived longer with their old noses and become more used to them.
• If you wear glasses, you should try to find alternative ways of wearing them, so that they will not rest on your nose. For example, try to attach them to your forehead with tape, this will allow the arms to rest on the ears as usual, but the lens will be suspended in front of your eyes without touching your nose.
• Have a handheld mirror nearby. You will want to look at yourself again and again after the surgery. We do not know why those bruises are so fascinating... but they are!
• It is advisable that you get the medication indicated by the physician in advance (antibiotics , anti-inflammatories, analgesics), so that you will not have to take care of that right after the surgery.
• Try to get some gel bags in a drugstore and have them frozen for when you get back to the hotel, or some ice bags and ice cubes ready to fill them. Cold compresses will help reduce the bruises and the swelling.
• You will probably not be able to read the first day after the rhinoplasty, so you it is advisable to have a radio, a discman or your MP3 player to keep yourself amused. If you need to read or use your laptop you will have to wait until the second day after the surgery.