Endonasal Alarplasty in Turkey
ENDONASAL ALARPLASTY COLUMELLAPLASTY
ENDONASAL ALARPLASTY COLUMELLAPLASTY
On average, a person who undergoes endonasal alarplasty columellaplasty takes seven days to recover The outcome of endonasal alarplasty columellaplasty is permanent Endonasal alarplasty columellaplasty is performed using surgical methods under general anesthesia.
PURPOSE OF ENDONASAL ALARPLASTY
With an endonasal alarplasty columella plasty, several issues can be managed, which include:
- Size of the nose
- Shape of the nose
- Nasal base width
WHAT TO EXPECT
As stated before, endonasal alarplasty columellaplasty is useful to reduce the size of the nostrils through surgical means. Let us look at a quick guide pertaining to what a patient can expect before, during, and after an endonasal alarplasty columellaplasty procedure.
ABOUT THE PROCEDURE
Rhinoplasty is a widely used plastic surgery treatment in Turkey and Dr. Avsar often employs it to straighten bridges that are crooked, smoothen bumpiness, and even to decrease the size of the tip of the nose. Dr. Avsar performs this procedure with endonasal approach and he alters your nostrils to the ideal shape if you need alarplasty columellaplasty. It can be performed in combination with tip plasty and septoplasty as well. It is only when the alar structure so big, I cut them with wedge plasty and this probability matches with less than 10 percent of the cases. The amount of nasal tissue that must be removed is determined by intraoperative marks. The shape of the tissue that is removed is largely depends on the anatomy of the alae. Almost always alar plasty columella plasty is the last part of the operation. At the end stage of every rhinoplasty procedure Dr. Avsar performs columella plasty and reduce the alar base width as much as it is possible. Then he decides if the patient needs the alar plasty or not. For alar plasty Dr. Avsar firstly makes an incision outside the crease connecting the nostril to cheek. This incision will be continued even inside the nose and goes on around the markings. At this point, he excises the tissue and leverage the technique of laying down sutures to attach the nostril and the base of the nose again, albeit this time, at a narrower position. This same process is adopted on the opposite nostril as well. Fortunately, a patient will not have to deal with incisions and scars as they are naturally masked by the nose’s creases. If the alae are asymmetric, it is possible to balance them with planned resections.
The objective of an endonasal alar plasty columella plasty procedure is to ensure that the nose looks more narrow, by decreasing the size of the nostrils.
PURPOSE OF ENDONASAL ALARPLASTY
With an endonasal alarplasty columellaplasty, several issues can be managed, such as:
- The size of the nose
- The shape of the nose
- The nasal base width
WHAT TO EXPECT
As stated before, endonasal alarplasty columelloplasty is useful to reduce the size of the nostrils through surgical means. Let us look at a quick guide pertaining to what a patient can expect before, during, and after an endonasal alarplasty columellaplasty procedure.
BEFORE ENDONASAL ALARPLASTY COLUMELLAPLASTY
- For two weeks prior to the procedure, blood thinners must not be used.
- Alcohol must not be consumed for at least two days before and after the procedure
DURING ENDONASAL ALARPLASTY COLUMELLAPLOSTY
- To perform endoscopic columellaplasty, general anesthesia is used. For stand alone alar plasty local anesthesia will be enough.
- Columellaplasty is an endonasal approach without any cut. The incision for alarplasty is employed over the nasal crease.
AFTER ENDONASAL ALARPLASTY COLUMELLAPLOSTY
- Swelling may be observed after columellaplasty, but it is scant for alarplasty
- The surgery may cause some bruising and redness
- The procedure is painless in most of the cases
ONE TO THREE WEEKS POST-OPERATION
- Incisions must be cleaned every day for alar plasty
- The patient can resume work after 1 week
- For one-two weeks, swelling will remain
- The patient must not engage in intensive exercise for four weeks
RESULT NOTES
- Immediately after the surgery, the transformation will be noticeable
- After four weeks, final results may be observed
- The patient will continue to notice improvements for several months
- Outcome is permanent
ALARPLASTY COLUMELLAPLASTY RECOVERY NOTES
Typically, patients tend to recover from alarplasty at a relatively quicker pace in comparison to endonasal columellaplasty. For a while patient may observe swelling and redness of the suture lines. Sutures are absorbed by themselves in 2 weeks. The majority of patients demonstrate complete recovery within one-two weeks, following which, only mild swelling may be observed for another month.
IDEAL CANDIDATES
Endonasal columellaplasty is suitable for patients with broad alar base. Alarplasty is ideal for individuals with stand alone large, asymmetric, or prominent alae and want to decrease the size to ensure that their facial features are more balanced.
INAPPROPRIATE CANDIDATES
We do not recommend performing endonasal alarplasty columellaplasty for individuals aged under seventeen unless the cause for an anomaly is due to injury and heavy breathing problem. However, it is important to assess each case to determine the requirement of surgery as children tend to mature at a diffearent rate both physically and emotionally.
ADVANTAGE
Nostrils are smaller and more symmetrical, leading to balanced facial features. General anesthesia is used and the recovery process is very quick.
DISADVANTAGES
For alarplasty the procedure may leave patients with scars and that is why Dr. Avsar recommends perorming endonasal columellaplasty prior to reducing the alae with alarplasty as this procedure makes the patients so much happy without scars.