Whilst they are very rare, complications and side effects can occur after nose reshaping surgery. You can reduce your personal level of risk by living a healthy lifestyle. Generally speaking people who are unfit, smoke or suffer from a medical condition stand a greater chance of encountering problems post surgery. Complications are unlikely to arise, in fact only 5% of patients experience them, but it is safer to be prepared and understand the possible risks.
There are risks which are associated with all surgical procedures and some which mostly apply just to rhinoplasty. Where any risk is concerned, understand that your surgeon and the aftercare programme you have with your clinic should aid you if you are to encounter any problems after your surgery.
Some risks are present in all surgery simply because of the nature of surgery. These tend to be common encounters which generally aren’t too problematic but still worth watching out for:
Remember that these side effects and complications are very rare. If you do experience any of the above, whatever the complication, your surgeon is there to help you and make sure to correct the problem as quickly as possible and to ease your discomfort as soon as they can. It is unlikely but possible that surgery known as ‘revision rhinoplasty’ may be necessary to correct some of the more problematic abnormalities that can occur.
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