Arrange a Nasal Assessment

What the assessment covers

The airway first: the septum, the valves and how much room there is, because the structures that carry the shape are the structures the air passes through. Then the complaint read in regions: what sits on the bridge line, what the tip is doing, what the base is doing, and how much of the impression is proportion rather than size. Then the skin envelope, examined for thickness and for how it is likely to behave. Then what you actually dislike, described in your own words rather than by reference to someone else's photograph.

What to bring

Photographs of your face from the front and the side, taken in even light without a filter, since they are more informative than a remembered impression. A list of your current medications, including anything that affects clotting and anything you take for allergy or asthma. If you have had nasal surgery or nasal injections before, say so and bring whatever records you hold: both change what can be offered now, and neither is a reason to be turned away.

What happens when the answer is not an operation

You will be told, and the finding will be explained. Some assessments end with a recommendation for a non-surgical route, some with treatment of the airway rather than the outline, some with a delay until a health issue is controlled, and some with no treatment at all. That is a result rather than a rejection. The purpose of the appointment is to match a route to a problem, and for the nose the honest answer is frequently a route the patient had not considered or no route at all.

How to arrange it

Contact the outpatient line or write through the address on this page, and say that you are asking about your nose. If you are travelling from outside Chongqing, say so when you book: the team can tell you what can be reviewed from photographs and history beforehand and what genuinely needs an in-person examination, which for the nose includes the inside.