RHINOPLASTY IN IRAN

What is rhinoplasty?

Nose style shapes your overall look; in fact, nose is the central feature of everybody’s face and that’s why people want to have a more beautiful nose, so that undergo a nose surgery (which is technically called “Rhinoplasty”). Rhinoplasty addresses some health issues like breathing problems and also some concerns like removing bridge bump, adjusting nostril shape and reshaping nose tip. Nose surgery could also be done purely for cosmetic reasons like size reduction, that’s why it is also called “nose reshaping”. In initial consultation with the surgeon, you should talk about your desires and the results you expect. After evaluating your face, your nose and other features of your face, surgeon will tell you whether your expectations are realistic or not. Rhinoplasty will be done under general anesthesia, but there are cases in which it will be done under local anesthesia; After the surgery, bruising and swelling on your face fades away in two or three weeks and after six months or so, final shape of the nose could be seen.

Rhinoplasty in Iran

Nose surgery is one of the most common and popular surgeries in the world. In Iran, Cosmetic surgeries demand, especially for nose job has been on the rise among Iranian youth and older ones in the last decades. This phenomenon has been so fashionable among Iranian actors and actresses that many of them underwent nose surgery. Nowadays, rhinoplasty has become such a popular surgery not only among celebrities, but also any typical citizen. Walking through the streets of Tehran or even smaller cities, you definitely will cross path with someone with a bandage on their nose as a sign of nose job. This high demand for nose job in Iran resulted in more experienced surgeons. There are Iranian cosmetic surgeons who have done more than 10,000 nose surgeries in their career life and that’s the reason Iran is called “rhinoplasty capital of the world”.

Nose job cost around the world

In the United States a nose job costs 7,000-15,000$, in Canada it ranges between 3000-12000$, in UK on average it is about 7500$, in Australia 8300$, in Mexico, it costs around 4,500$ on average and in Turkey it costs more than 3,000$; but in Iran, you can have the best-quality nose surgery in a modern and well-equipped clinic by the artistic hands of a highly experienced and skilled surgeon with about 1,500$ on average. But why? Is it because of lower quality or lower experience of the surgeon? None of them. Just, because everything in Iran is cheaper. Living cost in Iran is cheaper than most of the countries. Therefore, it is not unbelievable that the cost of aesthetic surgeries in Iran is also much cheaper. That’s one of many reasons people prefer Iran for their medical treatments and surgeries. Many of them even tend to have multiple surgeries. Once we had a patient from UK. She did five surgeries (including rhinoplasty) once she came to Iran, we asked her the reason, and she said just with the price of rhinoplasty in UK, she had done all her surgeries in Iran with a higher quality.

The best rhinoplasty surgeon in Iran

If you search for the best surgeon of any country like Iran, the US, Canada, Britain or anywhere else, you will find numerous posts on many websites claiming their surgeon is the most experienced in the country or even the world. But who is the best really? To answer this question you have to consider there isn’t any contest or prize for being the best doctor, specialist or surgeon of anywhere. So if you search for a high-skilled and experienced plastic surgeon in Iran, there is not just one, there are many. And in fact, there are many good private clinics in Iran for cosmetic surgeries as well.  If you want to find a good and experienced surgeon for your rhinoplasty in Iran, look at their before and after photos, look at their education and qualifications and then choose based on these criteria. The nose job is a very common cosmetic surgery in Iran, that’s why experts call Tehran, nose job capital of the world. When you dine in restaurants or walk in the streets of Tehran, you will encounter many girls and boys with tapes on their nose. It is because of Iranian obsession with European kind of beauty in which women have a very beautiful and perfect nose.  Dr. Gudarzi, Dr. Azhdari, Dr. Fallahian, Dr. Hosni and Dr. Moradhkani are some of the best board certified Iranian cosmetic surgeons. Dr. Gudarzi is specialized in revision rhinoplasty and some call him “the best revision rhinoplasty surgeon of Iran”.

What is a nose job cost in Tehran?

A nose surgery cost in Tehran including surgery team fee, clinic costs, medical tests and imaging, medicine, anesthesia, and after-care sessions or in other words all medical related costs together ranges from 800 to 2,500 US dollars. Be aware some may want to charge you more when they know you are a medical tourist.

Stay duration for a nose job in Iran

You have to stay about 7 days for rhinoplasty surgery in Iran. Usually, on the first day of your visit to Iran, you will be taken to do some tests in the laboratory and visit your surgeon; on the second day, your surgery will be performed. You will visit your surgeon 2 days after your surgery and on the last day of your stay duration in Iran to remove the plaster and get the instructions for the next two months. The best duration for your nose surgery in Iran is 7 days but it could vary from even 4 to 10 days in some cases.

Do I need someone to take care of me after nose job in Iran?

It is not necessary to have someone to take care of you after your nose surgery in your hotel room. But if you bring a family member or a friend to be there for you to help you change cloth and eat foods, it is better. In some cases, GOMEDIRAN provides in-house nurses for its patients to take care of them while recovering.

Is there a nose job age limit in Iran?

Medically, there is certainly a minimum age for a nose job in Iran. Dr. Gudarzi in Tehran recommends waiting until after puberty, 14-15 years old for girls and 16-17 years old for boys. There must be a maturity in both face and judgment because the person wants to do a life-altering change to his/her body. In addition to that, to undergo nose surgery in Iran, legally you need your parents’ consent while you are underage. Assuming the patient is in good shape and health, there is no upper limit for nose surgery in Iran, but there will be more tests like heart ECG tests for people older than 40 years old.

Open and closed Rhinoplasty, which one is better?

Today most people and most plastic surgeons prefer a closed rhinoplasty surgery because in the closed rhinoplasty in Tehran, the incisions of the surgery are not visible. But choosing the surgery method (open rhinoplasty or closed rhinoplasty) depends on the surgeons’ decision, expertise and experience. The surgery method doesn’t affect rhinoplasty cost in Iran, that much. Open and closed rhinoplasty surgery prices in Iran will range from 1,000 US$ to 3,000 US$ depending on the nose surgeon experience, the facilities and the location of the clinic.

These are not medical terms, but these words help them to illustrate nose surgery styles for their patients. Some Iranians like to have a natural-appearance nose, so they could hide that they have nose surgery and they like their face to be natural but some like their nose to be upward-shaped more like a barbie doll, which in Iran, we call it: a fantasy nose. The fact is that Iranian nose surgeons can do anything physically possible to your nose because they are the best rhinoplasty (nose job) surgeons of the world, NO DOUBT! And of course, best Iranian nose surgeons reside in Tehran, which people call nose job capital of the world! A rising number of people come to Tehran every year to do a revision rhinoplasty after going to India, Thailand, Turkey, and some other countries for their first nose job and dissatisfactory nose surgery results in these countries. Many people come to Iran to undergo a revision nose surgery in Tehran, because of malpractices happened in their last nose surgeries in their own country or abroad, especially after undergoing their first nose job in Thailand, eastern Europe or Turkey. Iranian plastic and ENT surgeons offer the best quality and price for primary and revision rhinoplasty in the world. So why go someplace other than Iran to do a rhinoplasty while Iranian surgeons offer best prices and best quality. Many people believe the best plastic surgeons of the world reside in Iran, and that is TRUE.