Hi Solider, Rhinoplasty revision rates vary from 3 to 10% depending on the surgeon and the type of noses that they operate upon. After 1 1/2 year, the deformities that you describe will not respond to steroid injections. Filler injections may balance you nose temporarily, but your best course... more
Correcting nose problems a year after Rhinoplasty
It's been a little over a year and a half since my Rhinoplasty, and I am still experiencing stiffness and swelling on the tip of my nose. Also, my tip is crooked and not straight (it angles to the right). I imagine it's swelling and possibly scar tissue, but I'm not sure. How can I get rid of this? Exercises to the nose? A Kenalog injection? If an injection, how much? I'm using Arnica gel on it 3x a day. Thank you for your time.
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A: Not much can be done without revision surgery.
After a year and a half any process related to healing should be long finished. Your asymmetries are probably surgical in origin and can be related to technique and/or scar. This can be seen by comparing before and after pictures. Tip stiffness can also be caused by the surgical changes. I would recommend... more
A: Post operative Tip problems
This far after your surgery, swelling that can be attributed to the procedure should no longer be an issue. There are numerous techniques in rhinoplasty that can produce tip stiffness. Although grafts can produce this phenomenon alone, they usually do soften over time and stiffness resolves. Although... more
A: Probably this will require a minor office surgery.
Usually by one year the swelling regarding tip deviation is gone. This will require a minor office procedure. Return to the original surgeon and he will evaluate your status with the knowledge of what he did in the primary surgery and what will be required to fix it. In more than thirty years of doing noses I... more
A: Stiffness may last
It really depends upon what was done during your rhinoplasty. Sometimes, certain grafts are placed in the tip and as a strur between your nasal cartilages to m ake the tip project better. Sometimes this forces the tip to be very rigid. It would be difficult to assess withour seeing you or having a... more
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8 Jan 2009
a few days ago i went thruog rhinoplasty and my nose tip is lifted; tell me please is it going to return to its normal position?... and when?... (becouse i don't like lifted noses, like ledies have
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9 Jan 2009
Thank you all so much for your time and great answers. I truly appreciate all of your advice and will take it ALL into consideration!
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8 Jul 2009
It's been a little over a year and a half since my Rhinoplasty, and I am still experiencing stiffness and swelling on the tip of my nose. Also, my tip is crooked and not straight (it angles to the right). I imagine it's swelling and possibly scar tissue, but I'm not sure. How can I get rid of this? Exercises to the nose? A Kenalog injection? If an injection, how much? I'm using Arnica gel on it 3x a day. Thank you for your time