Hardness on nose tip after Rhinoplasty

Hi, Firmness in your nasal tip may be secondary to scar tissue or to cartilage grafts which may have been placed at the time of surgery to reshape the tip.  Your surgeon would be able to answer whether or not you had such grafts placed.  In terms of your swelling, it would be unusual to have any... more

You shouldn't have any significant swelling this far out from rhinoplasty assuming you had a normal postoperative course. As long as the shape of your nose looks good, the feel may continue to evolve very slightly over the next few months. It's not clear why you are having daily swelling.

 There should be no appreciable swelling in your nose this long after Rhinoplasty. I'm not sure why your tip swells every morning, and gets better by the end of the day. Is there swelling of your eyelids in the morning? Are you retaining fluid, so your ankles are swollen at the end of the day? Something... more

 Firmness of the nasal tip at 1 year and 7 months after rhinoplasty surgery is probably just scar tissue. It could also be tip grafts and a columella strut that are both usually made from cartilage.  These can also cause firmness.

Hi! I am afraid that what you have now is what you are going to keep.  It is too late for swelling to still be an issue.  But you don't say anything about looking bad.  If you like the way you look, don't worry about the firmness.  It probably is internal scar tissue, but it is not harmful.

Yes, it is still healing. Periodic swelling is common especially in the morning when you have been lying down all night. Firmness is part of the healing froms scar tissue. Keep in mind all surgeries and injuries heal with scar formation and it is a normal process. If your tip looks good, then do not worry... more