SHEET R-1 · RHINOPLASTY
PROFILE + AIRWAY
Dr. Marlowe plans your rhinoplasty on measurements taken in consultation: the dorsal line, tip support, and the airway behind them. The plan, the recovery calendar, and the all-in price go home with you in writing.
ITEMIZED · FROM-FIGURES
from $9,800
all-in · primary rhinoplasty
Surgeon’s fee
$6,900
Operating facility
$1,600
Anesthesia
$1,300
WRITTEN TOTAL
$9,800
Ranges vary with complexity; revision and functional cases are quoted individually. Your number is confirmed in writing after consultation. Full breakdown
R.02 · CANDIDACY
ASSESSED · NOT ASSUMED
Rhinoplasty is one operation with two jobs. Some patients come for shape: a dorsal hump, a tip that droops in photographs, a bridge that reads wider than the rest of the face. Some come because they cannot breathe through one side, especially at night. Many come for both, and the two are planned together, because changing shape without respecting the airway trades one problem for another.
Good candidates are done growing (typically 16 and up), are generally healthy, are not smoking around surgery, and want a specific, describable change. The strongest predictor of satisfaction we see is a concrete goal: a photograph angle you avoid, a breathing test you fail. If your goal is a different face, rhinoplasty is not that operation, and Dr. Marlowe will say so in consultation.
Realistic expectations are part of the plan itself: your skin thickness, cartilage strength, and healing pattern set the range of what surgery can hold. That range is discussed with you before anything is scheduled, with your own photographs on the screen.
ASSESSED AT CONSULTATION
The exam drives the plan. Candidacy is determined in consultation, not by this page.
R.03 · TECHNIQUE
CHOSEN FOR ANATOMY · NOT HABIT
Two ways into the same operation. The choice follows your anatomy and your plan; you will know which is recommended for you, and why, before you decide anything.
T-01
OPEN APPROACH
A small incision across the columella, the strip of skin between the nostrils, lets the skin lift so the framework is fully visible. Chosen when tip work is significant or grafts need precise placement. The trade: a fine external scar, typically faint by a few months, and somewhat longer tip swelling.
T-02
CLOSED APPROACH
All incisions stay inside the nostrils. Chosen for hump reduction and conservative reshaping where full exposure is not needed. The trade: no external scar and often a quicker-settling tip, but less direct visibility, so it suits some plans and not others.
FUNCTIONAL PAIRING · SEPTOPLASTY
When a deviated septum restricts breathing, septoplasty is performed in the same operation: one anesthesia, one recovery. When the functional portion is medically indicated, it is documented separately, and it may be billable to your health insurance; Dana reviews that with you before surgery, in writing like everything else.
R.04 · RECOVERY
CALIBRATED · WEEK BY WEEK
This is the calendar patients actually plan around: work, camera, gym. Timings below are typical; your own calendar is confirmed at your follow-ups. Note the scale break: the last stretch is measured in months, and that is normal.
DAY 07
SPLINT OFF
At the one-week visit the splint and any external sutures are removed. Expect swelling and bruising around the eyes in week one; congestion without packing, since we use soft internal splints instead.
WK 02
PRESENTABLE
Most visible bruising resolves around the two-week mark; what remains usually covers with concealer. Most patients are back at work and social plans, with the swelling that remains reading as fullness, not surgery.
WK 06
EXERCISE CLEARED
After the six-week check, cardio and lifting typically resume. Until then, keep glasses from resting on the bridge; we show you taping and cheek-rest workarounds at the day-7 visit. Contact sports wait longer, cleared case by case.
MO 12
FINAL REFINEMENT
Residual swelling leaves the tip last, and slowly. Subtle refinement continues up to twelve months, which is why revision decisions are never made early. The photograph at one year is the honest one.
R.05 · PRICING
ONE NUMBER · IN WRITING
A from-figure for a primary rhinoplasty, split the way your written quote splits it. Nothing here is an estimate range that grows later; complexity is priced into your quote before you consent.
Surgeon’s fee
$6,900
Operating facility · AAAASF suite
$1,600
Anesthesia · board-certified anesthesiologist
$1,300
WRITTEN TOTAL
$9,800
Ranges vary with complexity: revision rhinoplasty, significant grafting, and combined functional work are quoted case by case, in the same itemized format. Financing through independent lenders is available; see example math.
WHAT THE NUMBER INCLUDES
REVISION POLICY · IN YOUR QUOTE
If Dr. Marlowe recommends a revision within the first year, there is no surgeon’s fee; facility and anesthesia are quoted at cost. Stated in writing before your first procedure.
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MARLOWE PLASTIC SURGERY
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ITEMIZED QUOTE · EXAMPLE
Case
PRIMARY RHINOPLASTY
Issued
AT CONSULTATION, IN WRITING
R.06 · FAQ
RHINOPLASTY · SPECIFICS
The general questions, from the consult fee to financing, live on the practice FAQ. These are the ones rhinoplasty patients ask.
Call (480) 555-0142Less than most patients expect. The first days feel like a heavy head cold: pressure and congestion more than pain. Most patients use prescription medication for a day or two, then plain acetaminophen. The congestion improves noticeably once the internal splints are out at the one-week visit.
No gauze packing in the traditional sense. We use soft internal splints that hold the septum quietly and come out at the day-7 visit, together with the external splint. Removal takes seconds and is more strange than painful, which is exactly how patients describe it afterward.
In stages. At two weeks you look presentable to other people; you will still see swelling yourself. Much of it resolves over the first six weeks, and the tip refines slowly for up to twelve months. That is why your one-year photographs, not your one-month mirror, are the fair comparison; individual healing varies.
Rhinoplasty carries a real revision rate; nationally, figures between 5 and 10 percent are commonly cited. Two protections are written into your quote: no revision decisions before the twelve-month mark while swelling still moves, and if Dr. Marlowe recommends a revision within the first year, no surgeon’s fee, with facility and anesthesia at cost.
R.07 · BOOKING
MON–THU 8–5 · FRI 8–3
Sixty minutes with Dr. Marlowe: airway exam, your photographs on screen, and a written plan with one all-in number. $150, credited toward surgery if you proceed.
HOURS
Mon–Thu 8:00–5:00 · Fri 8:00–3:00
ADDRESS
6420 N Scottsdale Rd, Suite 240, Scottsdale, AZ 85253
PHONE
CONSULT
$150 · 60 minutes · credited toward surgery