What if you get to see your new nose before even getting a nose job surgery? What if you decide, together with your doctor how your nose will look like and get to see it on you? With a nose job simulator, this is now possible!

Most cosmetic surgeons specializing in rhinoplasty or nose job surgery have adapted this new technology that makes it possible for patients to see what the “after” pictures will look like. A nose job simulator is a powerful computer software that takes 3-D pictures of your face, your profile and your nose. It creates a virtual image of your nose, a normal view, a graphed view and allows for manipulation based on what you want done.

The nose job simulator allows both the doctor and the patient to consult with the help of the 3-D imagery and decide what areas need improvement. The image is stored for the doctor’s use during surgery and also to compare with the actual “after” pictures of the patient. The patient still has to go through the stages needed for surgery, but there is less trepidation because she already knows how the new nose will look like.

The Preoperative Stage

This is the stage where orientation is held. This is a very important factor because the doctor will be discussing the entire procedure, including potential risks. The nose job simulator makes this stage less intimidating because the result is already predicted.

To start off with the actual simulation, pictures are taken and uploaded in the imaging program or nose job simulator. There are a number of types of simulations, but the most widely used by doctors is a 3-D model representation. This way, making adjustments to mimic closely the patientís features is easy with its high detail sensitivity.

This is when decision making becomes crucial. If the nose job surgery is purely for aesthetic reasons, this is the time when discussions about the length of the nose, how high the bridge will be, how the nostrils will look, and even the tip of the nose will enter the critical stage. This is because every decision will be input into the computer, and the new nose will be virtually mapped.

If the nose job is for health reasons like to correct breathing problems and for noses with deviated septum, then the doctor will also show where he needs to operate on and then consider aesthetics after.

Surgery

Nose job surgery entails the patient to have anesthesia. The most common is IV drip or twilight anesthesia. With the aid of the 3-D images that were mapped, the doctor now proceeds with the cutting, filing, building required to achieve the look. The computer image guides the doctor so he knows exactly how much or how little needs to be done.

Post-Op Stage

Healing begins as soon as the patient is out of surgery. Just make sure that you follow all of your doctor’s instructions. There may be bloody dressing and packing, depending on what the doctor prefers, remove them gently and try not to touch the nose at all. There are stitches inside that you don’t want to mess around with.

After the first week the swelling and bruising will start to go down. Let the body heal itself naturally. this is the time for you to rest. The nose job simulator showed you how your new nose will look, so rest assured that once the swelling is gone, that’s how your new nose will look like. Give it two months post-op, and see the difference!