Im One Week Post Op and My Dog Hit Me in the Face. Could He Have Messed It Up?

Help! I am 9 days pos op and yesterday I was hanging out next to my dog and he spazzed out and head butted me right in the nose! =\ it hurt really bad but there was no bleeding a bump formed on the bridge.( I already had a little bump but now it's gotten a lot more noticeable. It hurt for the rest of the night and I was icing it. Now today the bump is still there and I'm hoping nothing messed up the healing process. I already contacted my doctor, no reply yet. Could I really have messed it up??

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1 Doctor Answer | Asked by k. nicole in california

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Post Rhinoplasty Trauma to the Nose

Dear Nicole, I am glad that you contacted your surgeon and I would suggest an immediate follow up appointment with him/her. Trauma to the nose post rhinoplasty does happen and typically involves small children, flying toys, sleeping spouses, and our dearly beloved pets. Hopefully with the sound of the events listed above and that there was no bleeding, that no major damage occurred. However nine days post surgery your nose is very sensitive to trauma. With a full examination... more

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k. nicole 1 Oct 2012

Thank you for the response! I did get a reply from my doctor and he stated That if there is damage he thinks he will be able to fix it but at the moment there is nothing he can do anyways so to just wait until our one month exam. It didn't bleed but when I broke it didn't bleed as well. Im hoping everything is okay =\

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