Surgery or filler? The iPhone app from plastic surgeon Michael Salzhauer reveals how to get a new profile
Some people have made of their “outsized” profile their distinctive feature, like Barbra Streisand.
Other, instead, couldn’t stand the slightest flaw, like chica Jennifer Lopez, who chose nose surgery to have the tip of her nose thinned.
It is not always necessary, however, to make such radical decisions.
Some flaws may be corrected with non-invasive techniques, like the use of hyaluronic acid.
"A filler may be used to correct an irregular tip, which has a key-role in the structure of the nose», says Doctor Dvora Ancona, who teaches at the Masters in Aesthetic medicine at the University of Pavia.
"In particular, the tips which feature grooves in their outline (the so-called bifid tips) or those that with time tend to bend downwards, spoiling the harmony of the face. With a filler you may even correct small bumps, also on the back of the nose, creating new volumes that minimize defects".
The correction employing fillers is painless, does not require anesthesia, and does not cause swelling.
The gel is injected in small quantities into the areas to be treated and the result is immediate. The treatment is not conclusive, though: with time the hyaluronic acid will be re-absorbed, and after a few months the patient will have to repeat the treatment.
To "sculpt" the tip once and for all, one may recur to surgery using a local anesthetic. The intervention concerns the side cartilages, the external ones above the nostrils, and, through two small cuts, slight portions of the cartilage are removed. Following a recovery of about ten days, results will be final after two or three months.
Are you really thinking about it?
To get more information you may upload the iPhone app from plastic surgeon Michael Salzhauer. It is available for purchase on iTunes stores and will help you get a quick and better idea on the results of a possible aesthetic restyling.
Photo by Emma Summerton, from Vogue Italia, june 2009
Monica Melotti
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