About two months ago I had an open Rhinoplasty to fix a deviated septum. It seems to have fixed the problem, however my nose was supposed to be straightened but is actually worse now and more crooked than before. There is only a little swelling but even my surgeon can see how crooked it is and knows it's not the swelling.
I'm from Canada and the first surgery was covered by the government being that it was a health issue. Now my surgeon told me yesterday that the revision to fix my more crooked nose may not be covered because my septum deviation is fixed. I can see the government saying "you fixed the deviated septum and screwed something up so why should we pay for that".
If that were the case the surgeon should foot the bill I think because I was not told before hand that if something went wrong then too bad for me or that there would be a chance I can't get it fixed or I'd never have had it done. So in the end someone’s paying for it because this was something that went wrong, not something that just naturally occurred.
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I use short-term fillers on occasion for the bridge with some success but not for the nostril margin (alar margin). To improve the asymmetry a cartilage graft is what you need. This could be a minor procedure performed with minimal internal incisions and no/minimal anesthesia.
Trying to perform a revision rhinoplasty during the healing period is like trying to hit a moving target.
The maneuvers we perform as surgeons are based upon what the nose looks like at the time of surgery; we cannot anticipate how things will end up necessarily. Thus, we may add or subtract...
Unfortunately you are in good company. Most rhinoplasty patients out
there are very unhappy with their results in 1-2 years. The explanation
for this is very simple: Most surgeons performing rhinoplasty do not
have advanced training or experience, they perform the rhinoplasty of 50
years...
