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Understand your facial surgery options.

We offer a broad range of surgical procedures designed to optimize your appearance and give you the confidence you deserve.

What types of facial surgery are offered at MUSC?

Nose Reshaping (Rhinoplasty)

  • Change appearance of nose
  • Operating room procedure
  • Recovery time is typically one to two weeks (reduced swelling may take up to six months)

Nasal Septal Surgery

  • Straighten nose and septum to improve breathing
  • Sometimes performed in conjunction with rhinoplasty
  • Operating room procedure
  • Recovery time one to two weeks (reduced swelling may take up to six months)

Ear Reshaping (Otoplasty)

  • Reshaping ears to regain folds
  • Placing ears closer to the scalp to decrease prominence
  • Operating room procedure
  • Recovery time is typically one to two weeks

Skin Cancer Resection

  • Excision of all types of skin cancers
  • Office versus operating room procedure depending on size of cancer
  • Recovery time depends on size of cancer

Reconstruction After Cancer Excision

  • Large skin cancers require borrowing of tissue from other areas to close the wounds
  • Operating room procedure
  • Recovery time is typically three to six weeks

Facial Fracture Repair

  • Repair of fractures after injury
  • Operating room procedure
  • Recovery time depends on type of fracture

 

Find a plastic surgery location near you.

MUSC Health Plastic Surgery at Hollings Cancer Center

Address
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center
86 Jonathan Lucas Street
3rd Floor
Charleston, SC 29425
Hours
Specialties
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

MUSC Health Plastic Surgery at Rutledge Tower

Address
MUSC Health Rutledge Tower
135 Rutledge Avenue
Rutledge Tower, 7th Floor
Charleston, SC 29425
Hours
Specialties
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

MUSC Health Plastic Surgery at East Cooper Medical Pavilion

Address
MUSC Health East Cooper Medical Pavilion
1600 Midtown Avenue
East Cooper Medical Pavilion, 1st Floor
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
Hours
Specialties
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

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