The eyes and surrounding regions are not just windows into the soul—they’re mirrors reflecting your age. While they don’t define you, they can add or subtract years from your face. Typically, people opt for either a brow lift or a blepharoplasty to enhance the area around their eyes. However, blephs and brow lifts, when combined, serve as an effective anti-ageing duo. This post explores their synergistic benefits. Blepharoplasty 101 You’re likely familiar with what a blepharoplasty, or ‘bleph’, entails. Its goal is to transform droopy eyelids from a tired and aged appearance to a more youthful ..read more

When the Barbie movie hit theaters in summer 2023, audiences walked out with a glowing sense of nostalgia and a new-found desire to fix their noses. No, literally—requests to get that perfectly delicate, narrow nose with its straight bridge and upward tip, went up in the air. Social media sites—TikTok in particular—reflected that trend with a surge of nose job-related hashtags and transformation reels showcasing that nose shape. Obviously, people aren’t happy with their noses and want doll-like features. The problem is that people are basing their nose aesthetics on beauty standards that may n ..read more

Imagine someone telling Pinocchio that he could have a nose like Mickey Mouse. That person might as well be Pinocchio themselves (and see their nose stretch) for telling fibs. Here’s the truth. You can change the way your nose looks to a dramatic extent, but you can’t entirely change the nose itself especially, when it comes to its underlying structure. This post will discuss what rhinoplasty can and can’t fix to prevent unrealistic expectations. What rhinoplasty can fix Make no mistake about it — a rhinoplasty can make you look and feel like a brand new person, a “You-2.0” if you will. Innova ..read more

Raise your hand if this title surprised you. Yep, we’re looking at this virtual audience and expected to see many hands up. Not everyone knows that your nose (excuse the pun) can be a giveaway of your age. Its structure and shape changes as time passes, a process that lasts from your earliest days into your golden ages. Of course, ageing can bring some less-than-wanted changes to your nose, which you might opt to fix. In this post, we’ll examine how your ageing looks on your nose, and how a rhinoplasty can help turn the clock back. The aging process on the nose and its appearance Changes in na ..read more

For many, the winter holidays are the perfect time to get a rhinoplasty. You have time off, there won’t be too many sunny days during your recovery process – and who doesn’t like to give themselves a Christmas present once in a while? However, winter holidays are also the time when many people decide to leave snowy Toronto for more comfortable climates. Obviously, you’ll need to take special care of your new nose anywhere sunny. But hold on – getting to your tropical escape means flying at 40,000 feet, and pressure changes at these altitudes can affect your recovery. That’s why many patients a ..read more

Ideally, you’ll never need to get a revision rhinoplasty. However, not every rhinoplasty clinic takes this level of care. However, not every surgeon performs rhinoplasties with care and precision, resulting in less-than-stellar or even botched results. It goes without saying that these outcomes can take a major toll on your confidence and bank account. This is why, at Rival, one of our specialities is the difficult revision rhinoplasty – helping our clients finally get the nose that they always dreamed of and deserve. Of course, just like with deciding to get a rhinoplasty in the first place ..read more

At Rival, we’re best known for our work on Rhinoplasties in Toronto. But while Dr. Rival is famous for his skill and knowledge in the field of rhinoplasty, we offer a wide range of cosmetic options to help give you the power to decide what your face and features should look like. Blepharoplasty, or eyelid surgery, has become one of the most popular cosmetic treatments over the years. When talking about other cosmetic surgeries, we always want to provide as much information as possible on the recovery process. Here, we’ll cover all the most important information you need to know about blepharop ..read more

Rhinoplasties are one of the best known and most popular cosmetic procedures, often landing in the top five most common cosmetic procedures performed around the world. And yet, it’s not uncommon for people to think of it as a procedure that’s only performed for women. Male rhinoplasty in Toronto often gets left out in the cold – and it gets very cold in Toronto! In the interest of spreading the word about rhinoplasties for men, we’re going to cover some of the procedure’s most common stereotypes, and seeing if they have any merit. #1 Rhinoplasties are only for women Let’s hit the big one right ..read more

Getting a rhinoplasty in Toronto can give you a new nose that you’ll love the rest of your life – that is, once you’ve gotten through the rhinoplasty recovery timeline. Rhinoplasty aftercare is one of the most important parts of the entire process, so it pays to do it right. Generally, you want to follow some basic guidelines for your rhinoplasty recovery timeline – stay at home, get plenty of rest, avoid the sun, don’t smoke and eat healthy meals. However, the rhinoplasty recovery timeline can be a very different experience depending on the time of year. We’ll go over a whole year of rhinopla ..read more

Rhinoplasty is one of those wonderful things that ends up being one part science, one part art. They utilize some of the most advanced cosmetic-medical procedures out there right now, but these procedures are used in the service of helping the customer achieve a desired aesthetic effect. With the march of medical science comes new opportunities. And with anything artistic, there are going to be trends. Trends can be fun, as they prevent the landscape around an artform from going stale. But they can also be a little bit intimidating. After all, who wants to fall behind the trendy curve? Locatio ..read more