I suffer from keloids will that cause too much scarring if I have a rhinoplasty?

Your questions answered by our surgeon, Lucian Ion, FRCS(Plast)

Asked on 24 August 2013

Question

I suffer from keloids, will that cause too much scarring if I have a rhinoplasty?

Also I am taking Venlafaxine will that affect the surgery?

Answer

As a matter of experience, a tendency to keloids does not seem to affect the quality of the scars following rhinoplasty.

Venlafaxine is a common treatment and does not seem to have negative impact on surgical interventions.

Mr Lucian Ion FRCS(Plast)
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London
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