Nose injections: non-invasive nose reshaping

Whether using hyaluronic acid or, more rarely, botulinum toxin injections, the main advantage of medical rhinoplasty is that it’s a minimally invasive technique, requiring no hospitalization, no bandages, no scalpel, and a rapid result.

No need for a scalpel

In a medical rhinoplasty, the scalpel is replaced by a simple needle a few millimeters long, with which the practitioner will target the muscle (Botox injection) or the deep dermis (filler injection).
It’s a safe procedure, with no risk of tissue damage, no scarring problems, no risk of post-operative embolisms, and no hospitalization.
This medical procedure is still possible for many patients for whom surgery is contraindicated.

It’s painless

Injections to reshape the nose are painless, as they are combined with a local anesthetic, so there’s no need for a general anesthetic, which is always a legitimate cause for apprehension.
The most sensitive areas, such as the columella, can even benefit from additional anaesthesia with an anaesthetic cream, so that you don’t even feel the sting.

No need for further surgery

While nose surgery requires follow-up with dressings and social and professional exclusion, injections have no follow-up.
In rare cases, very slight bruising or swelling may appear, but these resolve within a few days.
So there’s no need for any desocialization.
It should also be remembered that the sick leave required for nose surgery is never covered by the CNAM (French National Health Insurance) for cosmetic rhinoplasty.

It’s fast

Choosing medical rhinoplasty is a real time-saver.
The procedure lasts around 15 minutes, with an immediate return home.
Hyaluronic acid injections produce an immediate volumizing effect, which stabilizes perfectly after 2 weeks. You need to be a little more patient with Botox, which takes 4 to 10 days to take effect.
Whereas rhinoplasty surgery gives an acceptable result after 1 to 2 months, and a definitive result after a year!

It’s catchable

The great fear of nose surgery is failure.
This fear does not exist when medical rhinoplasty is performed, for at least two reasons:

• Injectable products are resorbable (a few months for Botox, about two years for hyaluronic acid), so their effect is bound to disappear eventually.
• If required, hyaluronic acid can be destroyed with a natural enzyme, hyaluronidase.

That’s why medical rhinoplasty comes with great peace of mind, and why conversely it’s often proposed as a secondary rhinoplasty to correct the imperfections of botched nose surgery.

Medical rhinoplasty: a virtually guaranteed result

Remodeling the nose with hyaluronic acid injections can be used to sculpt contours, correct imperfections such as a bump, balance asymmetry or even lift the tip of the nose with a special technique.

It is important to choose an experienced practitioner, with a subtle eye and a complete analysis of volumes.
Two elements add real peace of mind for the patient:

• The possibility of safely destroying the hyaluronic acid if the result is unsatisfactory;
• The possibility of carrying out this remodelling in two stages, 15 days apart.

Retouching is then used to perfect the rendering, to best meet the expectations of the patient, who sees his nose “take shape” in the truest sense of the word.

On the other hand, the dynamics of the nose remain limited in their movements, so that the resorption of cross-linked hyaluronic acid will be much slower than on other parts of the face, ensuring a beautiful look for 2 to 3 years most of the time.

Nose job without surgery: preserving your identity

To say that something can be seen is like the nose on your face means that nose surgery will profoundly and permanently alter the appearance of the person undergoing the operation.
While this is often the desired goal, there are three consequences to bear in mind:

• Nose surgery will raise a number of questions for those around you or your family, and these can quickly become burdensome;
• Imperfect surgery will focus the gaze, increasing the complexes or dysmorphophobia at the root of the operation;
• Surgery that is too extensive can profoundly alter a person’s identity, with the risk that patients may reject their own image, exacerbating psychological problems.

All these risks are avoided with non-operative nose reshaping, because the changes are more discreet and do not betray the identity of the face.
It’s a risk-free, painless nose beautification with a perfectly natural result, which explains the growing success of medical rhinoplasty using hyaluronic acid injections.