Why Nose Surgery May Save Your Life
Nose surgery (rhinoplasty) is a common surgical procedure in the US. Much of the rhinoplasty that is performed is for aesthetic reasons, to enhance a patient's appearance by straightening a nose or whatever surgical alterations the doctor might advise to get the look the patient is aspiring for.
Rhinoplasty is often a medical necessity. It was initially practiced to reconstruct a facial feature distorted or lost by trauma, accident, burns, animal bites or abnormality caused due to congenital defect or from venereal disease like syphilis. The art of rhinoplasty was said to have been practiced widely in Asia, especially in ancient India. Documents on how to conduct nose surgery have been found in an ancient treatise called 'Sushruta samhita' written by physician Sushruta (ca. 800 BC). The free-flap rhinoplasty was called 'Nasikasadhana'. Ayurvedic practitioners used primitive surgical techniques and herbal remedies to reconstruct damaged nose, earlobes and other body parts that were mutilated as punishments for criminal or religious offenses etc. This Indian free-flap graft technique was rediscovered by Western Medical Science during the Third Anglo-Mysore war (1789-1792). After a battle, East India Company doctors witnessed rhinoplasty procedure being practiced at the British residency in Poona. An even more ancient mention of rhinoplasty was made in the Ebers Papyrus (dating to ca 1550 BC) an ancient Egyptian medical treatise, in which reference has been make to a form of nose surgery that was used to reconstruct a nose detached by rhinectomy.
Modern reasons for rhinoplasty may be for both aesthetic and for medical reasons. Patients with sinus problems face a lot of pain, congestion, swelling, headache, and nasal drip. ENT surgeons perform delicate sinus surgery to alleviate these conditions. Some patients are also advised nose surgery if they suffer from bouts of snoring and are suffering from sleep apnea. Snoring is a common problem with about one third of the population! Snoring is not just an embarrassing and inconvenient condition but it may also be the sign of some other more serious condition like sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a medical condition where the patient goes for extended and repeated bouts of not breathing while asleep. This condition may result in premature death due to high blood pressure, strokes, heart disease, and other medical conditions. Rhinoplasty may save your life if you treat sleep apnea early on.
A nose job is used to accomplish a change in the size, profile, breadth of the bridge, deviation, nasal tip, and other features of the nose. If performed by an expert the patient's attractiveness may be enhanced by nose surgery. Los Angeles doctors and ENT surgeons offer the most modern procedures for nose surgery.
Rhinoplasty is often a medical necessity. It was initially practiced to reconstruct a facial feature distorted or lost by trauma, accident, burns, animal bites or abnormality caused due to congenital defect or from venereal disease like syphilis. The art of rhinoplasty was said to have been practiced widely in Asia, especially in ancient India. Documents on how to conduct nose surgery have been found in an ancient treatise called 'Sushruta samhita' written by physician Sushruta (ca. 800 BC). The free-flap rhinoplasty was called 'Nasikasadhana'. Ayurvedic practitioners used primitive surgical techniques and herbal remedies to reconstruct damaged nose, earlobes and other body parts that were mutilated as punishments for criminal or religious offenses etc. This Indian free-flap graft technique was rediscovered by Western Medical Science during the Third Anglo-Mysore war (1789-1792). After a battle, East India Company doctors witnessed rhinoplasty procedure being practiced at the British residency in Poona. An even more ancient mention of rhinoplasty was made in the Ebers Papyrus (dating to ca 1550 BC) an ancient Egyptian medical treatise, in which reference has been make to a form of nose surgery that was used to reconstruct a nose detached by rhinectomy.
Modern reasons for rhinoplasty may be for both aesthetic and for medical reasons. Patients with sinus problems face a lot of pain, congestion, swelling, headache, and nasal drip. ENT surgeons perform delicate sinus surgery to alleviate these conditions. Some patients are also advised nose surgery if they suffer from bouts of snoring and are suffering from sleep apnea. Snoring is a common problem with about one third of the population! Snoring is not just an embarrassing and inconvenient condition but it may also be the sign of some other more serious condition like sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a medical condition where the patient goes for extended and repeated bouts of not breathing while asleep. This condition may result in premature death due to high blood pressure, strokes, heart disease, and other medical conditions. Rhinoplasty may save your life if you treat sleep apnea early on.
A nose job is used to accomplish a change in the size, profile, breadth of the bridge, deviation, nasal tip, and other features of the nose. If performed by an expert the patient's attractiveness may be enhanced by nose surgery. Los Angeles doctors and ENT surgeons offer the most modern procedures for nose surgery.
