What Is The Revision Rate After A Rhinoplasty?
The national revision rate over the patient’s lifetime is in the range of 15%. However, this varies depending on the skill of the individual surgeon and the complexity of cases in a surgeon’s practice and what percent of those are revision surgeries. Other factors that may lead to a revision may include scar tissue and weaknesses in certain areas of the nose as it heals. The healing process is different in every patient and may not be 100% predictable. Additionally, as the patient ages and the years pass after a primary rhinoplasty, the nose ages as well and the skin on the nose thickens with age and this may lead to the need for a revision. The chance of requiring revision surgery diminishes by strengthening the nose with cartilage grafting and minimal excision of the nasal tip cartilages.
