Non-operative possibilities
A common surgical nose correction (rhinoplasty) is associated with very high costs for consultation and preliminary talks, the execution, the anesthesia, the stay in the clinic and aftercare. In addition, many patients are afraid of the possible risks and pain that such a treatment entails. Although the healing time after a nose correction is hardly painful, the possible secondary diseases in particular have a frightening effect on many interested parties.
For some time now, cosmetic surgery has been offering a procedure in which very nice results can be achieved even without surgery. Above all, unevenness in the area of the bridge of the nose, for example hump or saddle nose, at the tip of the nose or in the region between the nostrils (nasal bridge) can be compensated in this way. The method of choice in such cases is the injection of hyaluronic acid into the nasal areas surrounding the unevenness.
This process actually makes the bridge of the nose higher, but the nose appears much smaller due to the straightening. Patients who have a too wide nose can also be helped in this way. Because a minimal injection of hyaluronic acid into the bridge of the nose also makes a wide nose optically narrower.
It is also possible to reduce the size of the nostrils or to lift a drooping tip of the nose, but in these treatments Botox is injected instead of hyaluronic acid. Botox is a nerve poison which prevents the excitation of the muscles and thus their ability to contract. The nose muscles remain flaccid, a once drooping tip of the nose appears lifted and nostrils that are too large appear smaller.
The treatment takes only 5 – 10 minutes and is therefore significantly shorter than a classic nose correction (rhinoplasty) (duration: approx. 3 – 4 hours). The advantages of this non-surgical treatment method are on the one hand, the immediate achievement of the desired result and on the other hand, the low costs compared to conventional nose correction (rhinoplasty). Per application, a price of approximately 250 – 300 Euros can be expected (in comparison: the operative nose correction costs approximately 5000 – 7000 Euros), the final costs depend on the amount of hyaluronic acid or Botox used. Here, too, there are usually additional costs for a consultation.
