The thickness of the nasal skin is a structural condition. Thick skin makes the nose appear fuller and larger. What often bothers people is the thickness of the skin, even though the nasal bone structure is small. In this type of nose structure, a process is required before surgery, the nasal skin can be thinned with fractional laser at certain session intervals. The fractional laser system, which we have used before many thick-skinned nose surgeries, is a very effective method. It is an application that makes the plastic surgeon's job easier while preparing the patient for surgery.
Before nose thinning surgery, the patient should be informed about the thinness predicted by the plastic surgeon and expectations should not be high. . It should not be forgotten that thick skin is a structural condition and the possible thinness will be achieved by the physician by shaving the tissue from the inside.
The disadvantage of the patient with thick skin is that it cannot reflect the sharp lines and angles created well to the outside. Therefore, extra cartilage is added to the nose for an attractive nose tip. Sometimes the skin is shaved from the inside.
Thick skin is slower to heal and remove the edema. When the tip and back of the nose are reduced too much, the skin may have difficulty covering the new roof. In patients in this group, the nose must be reduced in a measured manner. Thick-skinned noses are a condition generally seen in people with oily skin. It is a situation frequently seen in our country. Sometimes the tip of the nose may be thick and the upper part may have thin skin. No matter how much it is thinned under the thick skin, the cartilage formed below is insufficient to show bone construction. If the person's cartilages are thick, then the surgeon's job is easier. In patients with thick skin, overall nose reduction can be achieved by enlarging the nasal roof. Before nose surgery, the patient should be informed that the edema in the nose will resolve later than in patients with thin skin.
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