Ok , i notice righ after surgery that my doctor cut me from the middle of my eyebrows in a vertical way to the midlle of my nose, he told me he was going to give me implant to help my profile but i tought he was going to put it from te inside and not cut my nose in the middle, would this leave a scar? is this normal i never see something like this, and he never told me he would do that
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September 13, 2016
Answer: External sutures with a rhinoplasty (even an implant) is extraordinary.
It is very difficult to answer your question without examining you. At times a stitch is used on the bridge to hold a graft in place but there is no actual incision so there will not be a scar
The photographs are helpful, although I would like to see more views. The ala, or outer (lateral) walls of the nostrils -- if thick -- are the least likely to be improved. People think that just because the walls are thick, that narrowing the floor of the nostrils or the nostril...
The nose can change significantly through the late teens and it is normal for crookedness or a dorsal hump to develop during puberty even if there was not trauma or injury
