7 Weeks After Septoplasty/Turbinate Reduction and Can't Breathe While Standing? (photo)

At week 3 post-op, my nose began to get very dry during the day, and increasingly difficult to breathe through. The walls of my nasal cavity suck in when I try to breathe in, yet this doesn't happen when I am lying down. The only way I can breathe is with a breathe right strip. My ENT has said that she gave me "too much air" and that a procedure to "infracture" my turbinates might be the solution. Does this sound more like an internal nasal valve collapse? Please let me know your thoughts.

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Post Septoplasty with Difficulty Breathing

Typically when I address breathing issues via Septoplasty and turbinate reduction I will perform and infracture at the same time of the original procedure. At this point it is to soon to determine if you just have some swelling of the turbinates. A saline nose spray may help with the dryness issues and then I would give yourself some more time to allow the healing process to resolve before making any exact diagnosis. See your surgeon for frequent follow up visits and hopefully... more