As with any other surgery, rhinoplasty has a few complications associated with it and some of the more notable complications are difficulty when breathing, nose bleeds, a change to your sense of smell and damage to the internal cartilage wall of the septum. It’s important to note that while some patients will experience one or more of these complications, others will experience none of them.

It’s entirely possible that undergoing a rhinoplasty surgery can affect your voice, however the changes are normally incredibly subtle and will only be picked up by a trained listener. If you are reliant in your voice for professional reasons, such as being a voice actor, then please discuss this with your surgeon during your consultation.

The nose is not broken during rhinoplasty surgery and instead it is actually cut, this procedure is known as an osteotomy. An osetotome is the tool used to carry out this procedure and it is used to perform very precise cuts to alter the appearance of the bone within the nose, giving it a narrower or straighter result.

Your nose actually stops growing at around age 16, so by this time your shouldn’t notice any more drastic changes to the appearance of your nose without altering it yourself or having any damage caused to it. After a rhinoplasty surgery, your results will be permanent provided that you don’t want to undergo another surgery or suffer an unexpected break to the nose.

After the surgery, you may encounter a few side-effects for a little while that include soreness, swelling and bruising (which can be very prominent around the eyes), stiffness and numbness around the tip of the nose, difficulty when breathing through your nose associated with the swelling, light nose bleeds and sensitivity to the sun so we advise wearing strong sunscreen (especially on the nose) for at least 6 months following the operation.