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Rhinoplasty: what happens in the first consultation

HHealthGoVietnam7 April 20261 min read7 views

The anatomy review, the three-week honesty test, and the reason our cosmetic surgeons refuse about one in four cases that walk through the door.

Cosmetic surgery consultation room

Good rhinoplasty is mostly conversation. The surgery is the easy part. The consultation is where the right outcome gets designed, and where the wrong one gets prevented.

What you bring

Reference photos if you have them, your medical history, and any prior scans from ENT work. We pay for the CT scan onsite if you do not already have one from home.

The anatomy review

Twenty minutes at minimum. The surgeon looks at airway function first, cosmetic wishes second. If you cannot breathe through your nose, we fix that before anything else, and we say so on the spot.

Surgeon and patient in consultation
Every consultation includes a 3D imaging simulation of the realistic outcome, not the fantasy one.

The three-week honesty test

If this is your first rhinoplasty, you do not book surgery the same week you meet the surgeon. You go home, you live with the simulation for three weeks, and then you decide. Our surgeons insist on this, because revisions are always harder than originals.

When we say no

  • Body dysmorphia patterns in the conversation.
  • Unrealistic references, like wanting a nose that will not sit on your face.
  • Active smoking in the thirty days before surgery.
  • Planned pregnancy inside six months.

What it costs

Primary open rhinoplasty lands between 3,800 and 5,400 USD all-in. Revision cases start at 6,200 USD and go up quickly with complexity. The quote includes the surgeon, anesthesia, hospital fees, one night in recovery, and the follow-ups.

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