General Information

  This section holds the most general questions about different cosmetic Surgery.

Hair transplant surgery:-
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1) Will there be any permanent mark?

Ans:- there will be one straight line in posterior scalp , which is not visible as graft is harvested in a manner to allow hair growth in scar.

There will not be any scar anteriorly, where hairs are grafted.

2) Will they be my own original hairs?

            Ans:- yes, they are your own hairs.

3) Will they grow like normal hairs?

   Ans:- yes they will grow with rest of your hairs and like rest of hairs , you will    need to get them dressed time to time.

4) will they grow after hair cut and shaving of scalp?

Ans:- yes, they are your normal hairs, taken from one place and grafted at another.

5) Will they stay on my scalp for whole life?

Ans:- yes, most probably. They will stay there as long your posterior hairs ( donor area)  are there. Can be lost only if you have strong tendency of complete baldness.

6) Can I apply oil and can I dye my grafted hairs?

Ans:- you can use any oil which is commonly used for hairs, dyeing with chemicals usually not advised. Even the products claiming to herbal, may contain harmful substances, because of poor quality control.

7) what about hair loss in females?

Ans:- hair loss in females are more or less similar to that in males. It can be because of nutritional deficiency, illness or some stress. Male pattern baldness ( due to excess male sex hormone) can present both as development of  male like hair patter (recession in side) or as diffuse hair loss.  Hair grafting is useful both in males and females.

8) Does hair loss in females specify some systemic problem?

Ans:- yes , it can be . hair loss may be  associated with some generalized problem in both male and females.

In females , when associated with development of facial ( like beard and moustaches) and body hairs , disturbances of menstruation and change in breast and sex organs, indicates some male sex hormone secreting tumor or some enzyme deficiency , which increases level of male sex hormones. For such problems always better to consult your doctor to get cure and better control of hairs.

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Nose job:- ( rhinoplasty, septorhinoplasty) :-

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1) What are open and closed approaches for rhinoplasty?

Ans:-  in closed approach, incision for modifying nasal framework, are entirely inside the nose, no visible mark outside. In open rhinoplasty , the same inner incisions are connected externally either in mid columella (middle pillar of nose between nostrils when seen from basal view)  or at lip columella base. Over the time they heal well and practically there is no visible scar in long term.

2) which approach is preferable, open or close?

Ans:-  preferred approach depends upon amount of work needed in any particular nose. Both can be done in any nose, close is preffered for minor modifications. Open approach provides clear view of entire nasal framework so fine manipulations are always better with this.

3) How long the surgery takes?

Ans :- may take one and half to two and half hours , depending upon amount of work needed.

4) General or local anesthesia?

Ans:-  local and nerve block anesthesia is sufficient for most of cases. Short term general anesthesia is used for osteotomy (cutting and inward mobilization) of nasal bones.

5) what manipulations usually done in rhinoplasty/ septorhinoplasty?

Ans:- A complete rhinoplasty usually involves correction of bony and cartilaginous dorsum ( the part of base of nose visible in front view),  tip correction ( narrowing or elevation) , correction of nostrils and lip nose relationship.

Overall all work needed in a nose are done simultaneously, depending upon individual requirement.

In , septorhinoplasty, septum is dealt along with rest of nose, straightening, debulking etc are done , again decided by need of individual nose. Besides this septum provides the best possible source of cartilage for dorsum augmentation or tip work. so septoplasty is often added to rhinoplasty as it corrects septum as well as provides autogenous material for use in rest of procedure.

7) what about breathing difficulty?

Ans:- nose has two valve areas , internal and external. In an otherwise normal looking nose , it’s the internal valve collapse which causes breathing difficulty and needs to be widen with spreader graft. In a nose with drooping tip, external as well as internal valves are affected and need correction.

8) How much is recovery time after surgery?

Ans:- surgery takes around two and half hours . recovery from  general anaesthesia  is almost instant after that. You may feel little tiredness for a few hours.

Initially nose may look red, slight bruising may be there and there will be swelling.

After three weeks , nose looks almost normal , in newer shape, but swelling is still there.

It takes around three months before nose looks almost normal with all evidences of surgery resolved except very little amount of edema which is unnoticeable.

9) what are materials used for augmentation?

Ans:-  materials used for augmentation can be autogenous ( from patients own body) or artificial materials.

Autogenous :- 

Cartilage:

from nasal septum—most commonly used;

conchal  cartilage ( from ear);

or rib cartilage.

Bone:-  pelvic bone ( iliac creast);

Calvarial ( outer table of skull )

Artificial materials:-

Medpore ;

Silicone

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Liposuction and lipo-sculpture :- for further information on liposuction

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1) What the procedure means?

Ans:- as suggested by name, suction is used to remove fat from undesired location. Only fat from subcutaneous plane ( beneath skin ) is removed.

2) How much fat can be taken out?

Ans:- up to 5% of body weight is recommended limit. Up to 10 % are usually taken out.

3) Can it be used to reduce weight?

Ans:- most of our body weight is because of body water and the tissue which contains most of body water is muscle. Fat is the tissue which contains very less amount of water. So removal of fat only cant help in weight reduction.

But , for any weight of fat , the volume is very high, so removal of fat even nominal compared to body weight, gives a great loss in body volume.

So, liposuction is basically a means of inch loss rather than weight loss.

4) Will there be any scar mark?

Ans:-  in liposuction tiny holes ( a few millimeters only) are made in skin to allow passage of suction canula. So the scar is always unnoticeable unless patient is having very strong tendency of hypertrophic scarring.

5) Length of surgery and recovery period?

Ans:-  length of surgery usually varies between  one to  two hours for any given site, but overall time consumed depends upon amount of fat there.

Patient can walk home same day evening or next morning. They will have to wear a pressure garment for around one month to three months for better outcome. Mild bruising is there which usually resolves in three weeks to six weeks.

6) Is there any chance of regaining fat?

Ans:- fat regain can occur anytime in your life and it depends upon your life style. Usually fat re accumulation after liposuction is less.

7)  Any difference between male and female?

Ans:-  yes, there is difference in distribution and quality of fat between male and female. In females, fat mostly lies in subcutaneous plane and is less fibrous, so easier to take out. Also it produces more dramatic change in figure.

In males , fat is both in subcutaneous plane as well as inside abdomen. Also fat is more fibrous. So result of liposuction, though very useful, is not as dramatic as in females.

8) what is liposculpture?

Ans:-   is modality to modify subcutaneous fat to give body a particular shape. It includes both removal of fat ( where it is excess) and injection of removed fat in locations where it is desired. So both reduction and augmentation are used to give body a particular shape.                                                       Back to Top

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