Cleveland Revision Rhinoplasty doctors

	David W. Stepnick, MD Cleveland Facial Plastic Surgeon 29001 Cedar Road Suite 202, Cleveland		1 answer
	Steven S. Carp, MD Akron Plastic Surgeon 4031 Massillon Rd Suite A, Uniontown
	Richard Gentile, MD Cleveland Facial Plastic Surgeon 6505 Market St Suite A103, Boardman
	Steven Goldman, MD Cleveland Plastic Surgeon 3609 Park East Suite 206, Beachwood
	Daniel A. Medalie, MD Cleveland Plastic Surgeon 2500 Metrohealth Dr, Cleveland

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Problems Became Worse After Revision Rhinoplasty I had Revision Rhinoplasty on May 4th. It seems that the problems that were meant to be corrected are now only exaggerated. My septum is still leaning SEVERELY to the right and the tip of my nose is still round and hard on the left side, which shows when my head is turning slightly to the left. But it's smooth when my head is turned to the right. I had a closed rhinoplasty and the incision was made on the right side of my nose. Is this likely to correct itself? Please don't say in time.

A: Realistic expectations following revision "rhinoplasty"

A few points:

First, "in general" one must be careful about timing with respect to doing revision rhinoplasties. In your case, IF you were to have yet another procedure, this would be considered a "tertiary" rhinoplasty. The problem is that your nose is still healing, and in fact the tissues are VERY ACTIVELY going through the healing process assuming that May 4th was several weeks ago - 2009. So except for minor revisions, most surgeons would not consider performing your tertiary rhinoplasty (if needed) for many months.

Secondly, a "septorhinoplasty" is the procedure which corrects both the septum and the nose. If you truly just had a "revision rhinoplasty" and your septum previously had been crooked, then a "rhinoplasty" (without septoplasty) would NOT have straightened the septum. To best answer your query, a surgeon would really need to know more details than you are providing.

Thirdly, and finally, the RealSelf forum is a wonderful tool, but the nuances you are describing with respect to your nose probably cannot be accurately answered by anyone unless they actually examine you. I would strongly advise actually seeing someone "in person" so that you can review your concerns, and so that they can review details of your two surgeries and make appropriate recommendations.

David W. Stepnick, MD

Cleveland Facial Plastic Surgeon