Bremerton Rhinoplasty doctors
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Jenifer L. Henderson, MD
Silverdale Facial Plastic Surgeon
2011 NW Myhre Place Suite 202, Silverdale |
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Frederick Leist, MD
Bremerton Plastic Surgeon
2600 Cherry Ave Ste 201, Bremerton |
Recent Answers
I'm 1 month and 8 days post op and my nose looks really funny. It appears very round and puffy and it makes me look like a clown. Is this swelling? I had a hump shaved off, and my drooping tip brought up, plus a septoplasty. I hope these pictures show it looks very prominent and round and I 'm kinda scared because I thought most swelling is gone at 1 month.
You are still super early in the healing process. Give it time, things will definitely continue to improve and refine with time.
If rib cartilage is used on the bridge and septal cartilage is used on the tip, would the tip be stiff or would it be somewhat mobile as apposed to rib in the tip?
Septal cartilage is much thinner and tends to be less stiff than rib cartilage. Rib cartilage is typically used to augment the nasal dorsum when there is insufficient septal and/or ear cartilage available. Septal and/or ear cartilage is typically reserved for the nasal tip first (due to its pliability).
After rhinoplasty the nasal tip is routinely stiff, this is because we use cartilage to support the tip to keep it from dropping as we age. Both septal and rib cartilage will make the nose stiff, that stiffness does lessen somewhat with time.
