Does rib rhinoplasty hurt?

There are many materials to choose from during the rhinoplasty process, but the best material is to use your own ribs for rhinoplasty, because your own ribs can be well integrated with the original nose and will not produce a prosthetic feeling. However, there is a big disadvantage of rib rhinoplasty. Since it will merge with your own nose, it will be very difficult to remove it later. Is it painful during the rib rhinoplasty process?

Soft rib rhinoplasty will definitely be painful. It doesn’t hurt at the time because you are under general anesthesia, and during the operation, the doctor will continue to give you additional injections of anesthetics, so usually within 2-3 hours of the operation, it is difficult for you to feel pain, but when the anesthetic wears off, the pain usually begins to appear.

Moreover, rhinoplasty performed on soft ribs will have certain defects. For example, the ribs will begin to swell 1-2 hours after rhinoplasty, will be more severe in about 24 hours, will stop after 48 hours, and will begin to subside after 72 hours. Basically, it is different every day. Follow up and observe for 3-6 months. If problems still exist with the nose surgery, you can seek medical attention for further repair. One year after rib cartilage rhinoplasty, because it is one's own tissue, the tissues may fuse with each other in the later stage. If inflammation and infection occur at this time, it will be very difficult to remove it. Compared with prosthetic rhinoplasty, the difficulty of removal is much higher. If the nose is tilted, repair surgery will be difficult.

Rib cartilage rhinoplasty can cause the hazard of delayed curvature, which can occur between a few hours and six weeks after the operation. This is troubling to many plastic surgeons. The main problem is that your nose bridge will become bent to a certain extent, which will not only reduce the expected effect but also cause negative effects. Generally speaking, it is safer to use the rib cartilage at the lower part of 7-9 for rhinoplasty, and the effect is better, but the chance of rotation is greater.

If you want to have a rhinoplasty operation, it is recommended that you choose a regular hospital to ensure the effectiveness of the operation.