Dr. Shervin NaderiFacial Plastic Surgeon specializing in Rhinoplasty & Anti-aging as well as Facial Balancing Botox & Filler Injections

What is the best age for a Nose Job - Washington DC - Dr. Shervin Naderi

28 May 2010 · 1 min

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A short YouTube video (Dr. Shervin Naderi) answering when rhinoplasty is appropriate by age. He states there is no fixed upper age limit — suitability depends on medical/physical health and he has operated on patients into their 50s, 60s, 70s (oldest was 73). For minimum age he typically sets 16 as a guideline, though some physically and mentally mature 14–15 year olds may be candidates if patient and parent aesthetic goals align.

Questions this video answers

None; suitability is based on medical/physical health (he has operated on patients in their 50s, 60s, 70s).

73.

16 years old.

Yes — some 14 or 15 year olds who demonstrate physical and mental maturity can be candidates, provided patient and parent goals align.

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Patients often ask how young can you be for rhinoplasty? Or how old can you be for rhinoplasty? While there's no upper age limit, as long as you're healthy medically in good physical shape to undergo rhinoplasty, you can get a rhinoplasty as old as 50s, 60s or 70s. My oldest patient when I did her rhinoplasty was 73. She ended up with fantastic results, something that she wanted to do for years and years and years and just never got to it. As far as the minimum age, typically we like to set a minimum age of 16. However, some 14 or 15 year olds who have physical maturity and mental maturity are definite good candidates for rhinoplasty. However, at that young an age the patient's goals and the parents goals have to be able to be correlated together. If the parents have different aesthetic goals than the patient, then the surgery should be postponed until the patient is more mature and able to make a more independent decision.