My prescription is very complicated as well, so there is no possibility of getting contacts. However, I would rather use cartilage because I would rather not have the risks of using foreign implants. But i am extremely worried that the cartilage will shift over time.
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You should be healed enough so that it would take a significant trauma to cause a problem. Having said that however why voluntarily subject yourself to a high risk activity like this after just having gone through all the expense and effort for the surgery? Even with the safety restraints there...
Like any bone in the body, the broken nasal bones created in the osteotomies will take 4-6 weeks to heal. A cast is placed over the "set" nasal bones and expected to remain undisturbed for 7 days. Sometimes, 6 days, but mostly a week. Often a cast may remain on for...
Neither of these photos will be your final result. It takes months before the swelling goes away enough and your tissues have healed enough that you will finally have a good sense of what the final outcome will be. The difference you are describing is likely some temporary swelling after the...