April 5, 2024

Are You a Good Candidate for Rhinoplasty?

Are You a Good Candidate for Rhinoplasty?

If you're considering rhinoplasty surgery, passing as a "candidate" is an important checkpoint in the process. The best plastic surgeons will not just operate on anyone, and will always evaluate a patient's candidacy based on fitness for surgery both physically and mentally, as does Board Certified rhinoplasty specialist Dr. Buonassisi. In the above video, he discusses in-depth the factors that he looks at in potential surgery candidates, and also outlines them below.

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3 Factors That Make a Rhinoplasty Candidate

The following are the factors Dr. Buonassisi looks at to assess the candidacy of a patient for rhinoplasty surgery.

  1. People who have realistic expectations about what can be achieved.
  2. Patients who are hoping for an improvement and not necessarily perfection.
  3. And lastly, I think it's important to realize that rhinoplasty or any cosmetic surgery isn't going to change your life; this is going to change your nose.

If you're happy with making a nice change to a nasal feature that tones it down a little bit or makes it less of a prominent facial feature, you're going to be happy with a rhinoplasty.