Supratip Swelling After Revision Rhinoplasty, Should I Massage? (photo)

You are very early in the healing phase. I think there are 3 reasons patients get polly beaks:1. The tip is too weak and drops back making the lower part of the bridge appear too high forming a polly beak, this can be seen immediately after surgery or it can develop slowly as a weak tip drops back over time.2. The lower part of the bridge right above tip is left too high forming a hard tissue polly beak.3. Both the lower bridge and the tip are lowered or reduced too much and the skin is loose and in excess and forms a ball or lump of tissue that is a soft tissue polly beak.Any one these could be the reason you are are developing your issue. Only the surgeon has a good chance of predicting where you will end up when the swelling goes down, which can take months. There are many times that I do a rhinoplasty and I set the tip and bridge where the nose looks nice but there is so much swelling during the recovery period it looks like the patient has a polly beak. Since I did the surgery I know how well I set the tip and what it will look like as the edema goes down. In your case, male patient with thicker skin, it will take longer to see your results come through-be patient, it can take months to see results and share your concerns with your surgeon.Good luck and I hope this helps.

Hello, and thank you for your question.  Without a full set of pre-operative images it is a bit difficult to fully answer, but at 13 days you seem to be healing well, and with an acceptable amount of swelling.  From your side image(s), I am hopeful that you will achieve an improved result.My best,Sergio P. Maggi, MD, FACSdrmaggi.com

One of the major steps in correcting a poly beak deformity is establishing a strong tip support.  As long as you have good tip support the polly beak will be improved.  2 weeks post surgery is still very early for you to judge the results of your surgery - be patient and follow up with your surgeon