waterskin Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Quick answer. LOL! Usually infection happen when not well taken care of during the recovery period. Infection will not start off in pain first. In general infection symptoms are fever and inflammation. It will be painful only during removal and it diffcult to remove as the tissue had grow/stick within the gore tex. As mentioned in the file. COMPLICATIONSJin et al from Korea have published a large series ofpatients who have received PTFE implants for either dorsum or tip augmentation.In the 853 patients studied, complications occurred in 4.2%. The most common complication was infection (2.1%). Implant removal was required in 2.2% of cases. Others reportsimilar implant removal numbers (2.7% of cases). No extrusions are reported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterskin Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Thanks! Got it. Your nose look good! Agree that the tip look a bit bulbous but is ok. It look harmonic of your nose and overall facial. So don't need to do anymore job on your nose unless revision needs. So don't do anything. You look great! If it pointed, I think it don't look like asian nose anymore. Agree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juicyme Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I don't want a pointy nose, i just don't want a bulbous nose!!!! :'( sniff sniff... maybe I should get tiplasty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterskin Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Maybe but what I think you look ok. Are you still within 12 month recovery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juicyme Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I'm at 3 months. I don't want an ok nose :/ hence the plastic surgery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kain Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 do they put in a catheter? i peed blood this morning and i did some research and found out that i have a uti/kidney infection. i'm gonna tell them when i go to the clinic but i think i got the uti from a catheter if they used one... that would explain the fever and blood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse00 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 destiny, i've been meaning to ask you why you decided to use diced cartilage as opposed to rib cartilage that most people seem to be using... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse00 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Is it because you had enough septal and ear cartilage to build your bridge whereas most of the vip ancestors had to opt for rib cartilage because they didn't have enough of ear or septal cartilage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse00 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 waterskin, your article seems to say that rib rhino is not the way to go... (haha couldn't help but rhyme a little ) "Oriental patients who request rhinoplasty most often require significant dorsal and tip augmentation. Standard cantilever bone grafts29 or cartilage techniques have been found to provide inferior aesthetic results to those of implant augmentation.25 Bone grafts are known to undergo resorption, and large cartilage grafts over the dorsum often warp over time. They are therefore infrequently used." instead, it advocates diced cartilage rhinoplasty... "First, there is no warping with this technique. Second, the nasal shape can be adjusted postoperatively over 1 to 2 months. Third, there are fewer postoperative complaints from difficult patients as they can gradually alter the final shape of the nose after surgery." doesn't that sound neat? you can adjust the shape of your nose 1-2 monts postoperatively. i wonder how that works?! i must ask dr. lee!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angleplane Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 @Kain: If you got an infection because f the use of catheter, it's scary... It doesn't seem very professional. By the way, you didn't tell us, are you happier than before surgery ? Since you didn't say anything I guess you think it's better than before. @jesse00 and destiny: I am also interested in knowing if diced cartilage is better than going for rib cartilage. How come Dr Lee chose diced cartilage for your case ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterskin Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 @Juicy I think you have to wait and see after the recovery period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milkyway52 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 They put a catheter on u? Really?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
destiny1682 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Angleplane...I was the one who brought up the "superstar" stuff, haha I was just having fun and exaggerating. The reason why they suggested fasica for me is cause my bridge was already high and I had enough septal cartilage for my tip. I think my tip still looks the same as pre opt, the only thing that changed with of course my bridge and radix. I think that is mainly where he added the diced cartilage wrapped in fascia. Plus, I told them I did want to go drastic and used ribs or silicon or gortex, so I guess fascia was the only option left. Yes, they put a catheter on me too, and I too developed a UTI. It was the most painful crap ever, and I did had a fever as well. Make sure you tell JoAnn, after the meds I felt fine. But after I got my rhino I did more research on diced cartilage wrapped in fascia and according to the medical journal it seems like its the best way to go. Plus in the journal it says that it doesn't absorb. However, JoAnn says that it will absorb a lot. So...I dunno if it cause I told JoAnn I HOPE my radix goes down, thus hoping that it absorb. So she went ahead and says that it WILL................? WHo knows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megoreng Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 How to tell whether they inserted catheter or nt? Where is it suppose to be, cos I don't rem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
destiny1682 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Megoreng..they stick a tube in your pee-pee area ! Its good that you don't remember =). They woke me up from surgery THEN pulled the tube out, I wish they would of pulled it out when I was still under. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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