What is Non-Surgical Rhinoplasty (Nose Job)?
These are the questions that I am asked every day during the Non-Surgical Rhinoplasty consultations. Since I hear them on a regular basis, I thought that I would address them here in a bit more depth than I usually do during the consultation. 1. It really doesn’t hurt, for the most part. What that means is that, although the 15 Minute Nose Job is an injection procedure, the pain of it depends on the density of nerve endings in the area that is being injected. The part of the nose between the eyebrows doesn’t have a lot of nerve endings, so the injection doesn’t hurt there. As we get closer to the tip of the nose, however, we encounter ever more sensitive skin. The result is that, when the Non Surgical Rhinoplasty procedure involves the tip of the nose, it does hurt. When we have to adjust the appearance of the tip, I commonly offer patients a choice of dental block (injection of Septocaine under the top lip to completely numb the area) or numbing cream. The downside to the dental block
