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Body
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Facial Plastic Surgery and Its Effects on the
Voice with Babak Azizzadeh, MD
Dr. Azizzadeh is a Board Certified, Harvard trained Facial Plastic Surgeon,
specializing exclusively in facial plastic surgery. As a clinical faculty of the UCLA
School of Medicine, Dr. Azizzadeh is actively involved in teaching facial plastic surgery
to residents and medical students. In addition to his busy surgical practice, Dr.
Azizzadeh has also been actively involved in several humanitarian causes such as the
Medical Missions for Children (MMFC) and the R.O.S.E. Fund (Regaining One’s
Self-esteem), a national non-profit organization committed to ending violence against
women and children by assisting survivors in regaining their self-esteem. He has operated
on many famous faces. Dr. Azizzadeh's website is http://www.facialplastics.info/
NEW RHINOPLASTY TECHNIQUES, RECOVERY TIME
MBADC: Could we assume that since you’re removing less cartilage and
doing less, maybe there might be less pain involved and less recovery time as well?
BA: Definitely the recovery time with the classic rhinoplasty of the
80’s and 90’s was longer than it is today. And also, the results were definitely
more dramatic than they are today—Not dramatic for the good, but dramatic for
significant change in the nose. I don’t know if you remember classic nose jobs of the
80’s and 90’s, really teeny noses--that affects the function of the nose, the
function of the voice, the function of the breathing as well, because you’re creating
significant alteration in the nose. So the recovery time is much less now. The breathing
function is much better, and also the voice changes are very limited with the current
concept. With rhinoplasty, whether it’s for a professional singer or artist, you want
to create a well-balanced nose. You don’t want to alter the nose significantly. A lot
of times we're adding cartilage now to create that balance and beauty to the nose. The
nose doesn’t have to be significantly smaller to look better. So again, our concept
is really to take into account the function as well as the beauty. And for the
professional artist, that’s very important.
MBADC: So what is the typical downtime with rhinoplasty now, especially
for a professional artist?
BA: I would say about a week. After about a week, seven to eight
days--it’s different for an athlete, an athlete is more active, they could get hit in
the nose etcetera, so downtime for them would be longer. But for a professional artist,
I’d say about seven to eight days would be about average…We have no 100%
certainty in surgery, so there are some people who are up and about and back to work in
four days, there are some people that will take two weeks, three weeks. It all depends on
the person, and also to a big extent, what type of surgery we’re doing for them.
MBADC: In how long is it usually safe for them to sing?
BA: Singing, again, after a week it’s very safe for them to sing
afterwards. The problem becomes really more, do they feel like singing? And it takes maybe
four days to seven days for them to really feel up to it. So I think after about a week,
it’s very safe for them to sing.
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