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LIPLIFT

The Lip lift process can be applied in healthy people by numbing them with local anesthesia, that is, a needle, or accompanied by a mild sedative called sedation. Lip lift is completed in approximately 45 minutes.

LIPLIFT

After lip lift, the patient is kept under observation for 1-2 hours and then can go home. During the application, incisions can be made from the skin between the nose and lip to coincide with the folds located just under the nose. At this stage, the patient’s desired amount of skin is removed and re-stitched so that minimal scarring remains. After the lip lifting procedure, a feeling of swelling and tightness can be felt for 3 days. Consuming soft foods at this stage and paying attention not to stretch the area will speed up the healing process.

FULL RHINOPLASTY

The most common form of rhinoplasty performed by Op. Dr. Ali Murat AKKUS is a full reduction rhinoplasty. The patient that requires this type of rhinoplasty typically has some degree of bump on the bridge of his/her nose (plastic surgeons call this a dorsal hump!) and also wishes to have some degree of refinement of the tip of the nose.

This procedure involves shaving or rasping the bone and cartilage which make up the bump. After the hump has been reduced, the bridge of the nose appears widened. This is referred to by plastic surgeons as an open roof deformity. This temporary intra-operative deformity is eliminated by moving or fracturing the nasal bones, thereby closing the open roof deformity.

The tip of the nose is typically treated with a conservative removal of cartilage and/or internal suturing to improve its shape. If the base of the nasal tip appears wide, alar base resections may be performed to produce narrowing. A full rhinoplasty, as described above, is performed under general anesthesia and takes about 1.5 hours to complete. Op. Dr. Ali Murat AKKUS usually performs rhinoplasties in his Istanbul, fully accredited, on-site operating suite.

TIPPLASTY

In instances where a patient only desires or needs a refinement of the tip of the nose, a tipplasty is performed. Tipplasty may be performed either under local anesthesia, or with sedation anesthesia. As opposed to full rhinoplasty where the bone is moved (and therefore, a plastic splint is applied for several days), after tipplasty, no splint is needed and the tip area is taped for several days.

ANESTHESIA FOR LIPLIFT SURGERY

Op. Dr. Ali Murat AKKUS can readily perform upper liplift under local anesthesia. This is done frequently with oral pre-medication using a pill such as Ativan to help with relaxation.

Most patients still prefer IV sedation. In this situation, the patient essentially has no memory of the procedure, but the anesthesia is minimally invasive, with the patient breathing on his/her own, and having a very rapid recovery. liplift is almost always performed with IV sedation.