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When can I exercise after my Asian Eyelid surgery? So, exercise after surgery, typically at two weeks you could start some light cardio, see how you’re feeling, and then at four weeks, full cardio, full weightlifting and at six weeks you’re back to full activities. For more, visit Asian Eyelid Surgery or call us at (214) 241-1997. 💻 lawplasticsurgery.com 👨‍⚕️ … Read More

Will I have stitches to take out after my Asian Eyelid surgery? So, after eyelid surgery, normally there’s at least one stitch or one suture that needs to be removed. After surgery, oftentimes there are stitches on the inside that are absorbable and then a few stitches on the outside that come out between five and seven days. For more, … Read More

What do you do to change my nose during an Asian Rhinoplasty? After any surgery where you’ve had general anesthesia, we require that you have a ride home and somebody that can be with you for a few hours to make sure you’re doing well. For more, visit https://lawplasticsurgery.com/asian-rhinoplasty-dallas/ or call us at (214) 241-1997. 💻 lawplasticsurgery.com 👨‍⚕️ Dr. Huay-Zong … Read More

Can I drive myself home after my Asian Rhinoplasty surgery? After any surgery where you’ve had general anesthesia, we require that you have a ride home and somebody that can be with you for a few hours to make sure you’re doing well. For more, visit https://lawplasticsurgery.com/asian-rhinoplasty-dallas/ or call us at (214) 241-1997. 💻 lawplasticsurgery.com 👨‍⚕️ Dr. Huay-Zong Law⁠ ☎️ … Read More

Will you need to use my rib cartilage for my Asian Rhinoplasty? So, everybody’s anatomy is different. That rib cartilage is strong and has a good amount of cartilage that we can use for building blocks. Sometimes we also use cartilage from behind the ear and then the septum, the wall right in the middle of the nose also has … Read More

What is my downtime after my Asian Rhinoplasty surgery? After any rhinoplasty surgery, typically you want to take about a week off from school or work. That first week, sometimes you’ll have a split on the inside the nose and on the outside of the nose and those would come out at one week. At two weeks, most people are … Read More

What is different about the Asian nose? The typical Asian nose, there’s less of a bridge, less support, often broader and thicker skin and subcutaneous fat. That said, there are many different types of Asians, many different types of noses. So everyone’s anatomy is different and everyone’s goals are different. So we try to address each person individually. For patients … Read More

Will I be able to breathe better after my Cleft Rhinoplasty? So universally, our patients who have had cleft lip and palate, after a rhinoplasty, they breathe much better. There’s always a deviation of the septum, so the wall on the inside of your nose in the middle is always off to one side, sometimes blocking air across both sides, … Read More

Will there be incisions on the outside of my nose during Cleft Rhinoplasty? The type of incision that you have depends a lot on your own anatomy and what we need to do to fix it and address it. And so, some patients we’re able to do everything just through incisions on the inside of the nose that are very … Read More

Will you take cartilage from my ear or rib for my Cleft Rhinoplasty? With any rhinoplasty, especially cleft rhinoplasty, we tend to need additional support, so that’s usually the form of cartilage. Often we can get everything we need from the septum of the nose, which is that wall right in the middle. But we always discuss the use of … Read More

What is different about cleft rhinoplasty from noncleft rhinoplasty? So cleft rhinoplasty differs from most cosmetic rhinoplasties in that there’s much more asymmetry in the development of the cartilage and the development of the bone structure. There’s more extensive restructuring of the nose that needs to take place. There’s also all the effects of surgery that they’ve had. And so … Read More

Can you make the cleft side of the nose look like the other side? So with any patient with asymmetry, our goal is always to make the affected side look more like the unaffected side. Complete symmetry is rarely ever possible, but that’s always our goal, that’s what we’re shooting for. There are ways to make the height, the bulk, … Read More