Rhinitis Surgery and Plastic Surgery: ENT or Plastic Surgery—Where Should You Go?

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Did you look at the sky today, visitors? Looking at the sky, it feels so clear and blue that it seems like autumn is coming into my heart. In particular, these days feel even more like the holiday season, perhaps because Chuseok is just two weeks away.

The sunlight is still very strong, but it is clear that every day is an exciting day. At a time like this, along with seasonal changes, the temperature difference between day and night also begins to gradually appear, and for those with rhinitis, early mornings can become a little difficult.

In this post, we have prepared information about rhinitis plastic surgery.

Plastic surgery? ENT?

Rhinitis surgery and plastic surgery

Among the patients who visit the clinic, there are quite a few who come because of rhinitis. They all say the same thing: they were very worried about where they should have their rhinitis surgery.

When patients ask about this, we tell them that the hospital does not matter.

The reason we say this is that the areas handled by ENT doctors and plastic surgeons overlap quite a lot. In cases where these areas overlap, it also means that the surgery is not very difficult. It is a procedure that can be performed in plastic surgery as well.

Three methods of rhinitis surgery

Submucosal inferior turbinate resection

Nasal valve reconstruction

Septal deviation surgery

In the case of submucosal inferior turbinate resection, surgery can be performed using radiofrequency, and treatment is done by adjusting the amount appropriately so that empty nose syndrome does not occur.

Nasal valve stenosis is a procedure in which the narrowed area is widened through grafting. If breathing is difficult because the nasal valve space has become narrow due to stenosis, a procedure can be performed to widen this space and open the airway.

Septal deviation refers to a crooked nose, and it is a case seen almost every day in both plastic surgery and ENT clinics. At our clinic, we see countless septums every day, so much so that they feel familiar when we see them. This surgery is a method of straightening and correcting the septum. Techniques such as designing it in the way the patient wants or in the optimal shape are fully possible thanks to numerous clinical cases.

Therefore, when it comes to rhinitis surgery and plastic surgery, both ENT and plastic surgery can perform the procedure equally well, but when choosing, we recommend that you prioritize not the 'department' but the doctor's 'experience'.

What matters most is the doctor's 'experienced expertise,' so please consider this and proceed with safe and reassuring rhinitis surgery. Objet will help you.

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