(Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces available on Amazon.com and edited for our blog.) Every surgery comes with a list of postoperative dos and don’ts to help patients heal properly and be as comfortable as possible during recovery. Our extensive experience performing rhinoplasty (nose surgery) at Adamson MD...
Rhinoplasty
Adolescent Rhinoplasty: How Young Is Too Young?
The topic of teens having cosmetic surgery is a very “hot” one, with numerous myths about the reasons adolescents desire such surgery rampant in the media. I would like to address the issues surrounding one such procedure, adolescent rhinoplasty. It is an area I have studied and written about for...
Too young for rhinoplasty? Why Adolescence is the Right Time
Many young girls, and boys, begin to dislike their new adult nose as they begin to grow in their early teens. This is a time of rapid change physically, emotionally and socially. Any facial feature which is perceived as unattractive, either because it is too large, has a bump, is...
Teen Rhinoplasty: How to Talk to Your Teenager about Cosmetic Surgery
Your teen blurts out one night that, “I hate my nose” and you are flabbergasted. You never knew, what could be wrong with her nose, and it’s silly to even consider fixing such a thing! Or, perhaps you see they are developing the family nose that everyone has ridiculed over...
Brad’s Rhinoplasty Diary’s Secrets Revealed! Part 4 of 4: My New Look
(Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces (available on Amazon.com) and edited for our blog.) Toronto-area everyman Brad began disliking his nose at age 16 (link to first post in series). At 30, finds his chin lacking and by summer of his thirtieth year, he begins pursuing cosmetic surgery...
Brad’s Rhinoplasty Diary’s Secrets Revealed! Part 3 of 4: Selecting a Surgeon
(Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces (available on Amazon.com) and edited for our blog.) Brad, one of my rhinoplasty patients in Toronto, has agreed to share his experience with cosmetic surgery so others may get an insider’s view. Read Chapter 1 here, here for Chapters 2 and 3....
Brad’s Rhinoplasty Diary’s Secrets Revealed! Part 2 of 4: Chin Problems
(Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces (available on Amazon.com) and edited for our blog.) Everyone interested in rhinoplasty wants to know what will happen, how to prepare and what to expect. Thankfully Brad, one of my Toronto rhinoplasty patients, agreed to share his “an almost perfectly normal boy’s...
Brad’s Rhinoplasty Diary’s Secrets Revealed! Cosmetic Surgery Insider Info, Part 1 of 4: My Big, Crooked Nose
(Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces (available on Amazon.com) and edited for our blog.) Rhinoplasty is like painting or sculpting in a patient’s tissues. The last day I do one—and I will have done thousands of them— I know that it will still be a challenge, and I’ll...
THE TOP FIVE COSMETIC SURGERY MYTHS DEBUNKED: MYTH #2 – ONLY THE VAIN
(Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces (available on Amazon.com) and edited for our blog.) Fear can be a powerful obstacle preventing us from reaching our goals. Sometimes that fear is of the unknown. Sometimes we fear the way our desire might be perceived. In our five-part series we...
Your Nose, Part 5: The Process Of The Modern Rhinoplasty
(Excerpted from Dr. Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces, available on Amazon.com, and edited for our blog. Be sure to read parts 1, 2, 3 and 4!) Part 5: The Process Of The Modern Rhinoplasty So the nose bears a huge load of emotional and psychological baggage for its owner. The goal...