There are a variety of surgical options to improve a "nose that is too short". The exact technique would depend on your specific anatomy and your desired outcome. You need to be realistic about the results, as you should be with any procedure. Correction of a short nose usually requires cartilage grafts and often additional surgical steps by the surgeon to create a natural appearing improvement.

The best way to proceed is to have a consultation with a board certified  plastic surgery, ideally a member of ASAPS.

Robert Singer, MD  FACS

Nose Reshaping

Safety should always be the primary concern. While some surgeons manage the anesthesia and also simultaneously perform the surgery, the safer method is for the surgeon to concentrate on the surgical procedure and have a board certified anesthesiologist or certified nurse anesthetist provide and monitor the anesthesia.

There are a variety of effective anesthesia techniques, including "twilight" anesthesia, which utilize different  approved pharmaceutical  agents. No matter which drug or drugs are administered, surgery should only be performed by a board certified plastic surgeon, in a licensed hospital, or more commonly today, in an accredited office-based or ambulatory surgical facility, which is inspected by a recognized nationally recognized accrediting organization like the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF). The surgeon should have hospital privileges for the procedures that will be performed in any facility.

Robert Singer, MD FACS

 

 

 

Facelift

Either sedation or general anesthesia may be used for a facelift and blepharoplasty.  It depends on the concerns of the patient as well as the experience and preference of the plastic surgeon and the anesthesiologist.  The key issues should always be safety and the comfort level of the patient.

No matter what method of anesthesia, the procedure should be performed only in an accredited facility by a national organization like AAAASF (the American Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities) or a state licensed facility, and by a board certified plastic surgeon, with anesthesia delivered and monitored by an appropriate anesthesia provider.

Robert Singer, MD, FACS

Facelift

The inner thigh is an area that is often suctioned. The patients who undergo this area of suctioning are usually pleased with the improvement, as long as they have realistic expectations. The procedure makes the thigh appear more slender and the leg longer. It frequently corrects the inner thighs from rubbing against each other.

Like lipoplasty in other areas of the body, it should be performed to contour excessive bulging of the fat in that region. It is not a weight loss procedure. Patients who are in good medical health, have localized areas of fullness that will not respond to exercise and diet, and have reasonable skin tone are good candidates for the procedure.

Any patient must be realistic about the limits of what can be achieved. If there is satisfactory elasticity to the skin in the inner thigh, then the skin will generally contour nicely. If there is poor elasticity and the skin has significant sagging in the inner thigh, suction alone may not produce a pleasing result. Patients with poor skin tone in the inner thigh may benefit from an inner thigh lift in conjunction with lipoplasty.

Inner thigh lipoplasty can be performed as an isolated procedure, in conjunction with lipoplasty of other areas, or with other cosmetic (aesthetic) surgical procedures. If a member of my family was going to have the procedure, it would be performed by a plastic surgeon who is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, a member of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and in an accredited or state-licensed ambulatory surgery facility.

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