“Indentation on Side of Nose After Rhinoplasty”

I just had my cast removed today. August 24, 2010. I am having the same results on the right side of my nose. I have dents too. I am wondering if the dents are from the cast. I don't know what the problem is but I hope things even out real soon.

Hi 84anon,
I'm so sorry, I haven't been on this website in a long while, otherwise I would have responded to your posting. I know it's been a long while since your surgery, did your dent go away as well?

Hi Love247,
How did everything turn out, did your dent go away as mine did? I am sorry that I didn't respond sooner. I haven't been on this website for a really long time until just now.

I know that it is torture not knowing and it helps to talk to other people that had already gone through the same thing... for that I'm sorry I was of no help to you or 84anon above. I truly hope that things worked out well for the both of you. Please let me know if your dent went away, I'm interested in finding out if this is a common temporary issue after surgery.

Hi Kbishop,
It's been over 2 years now since my surgery and surprisingly my dent did go away. My dent was pretty bad going down 3/4 of my nose... I thought that there was no way that it could ever get better but it did. Although it took some time before it change.

After my dent appeared to go away it would reappear every time it was really cold out. Eventually that completely went away as well. It was as if the cold air made my nose contract and my nose to indent. Kind of like sucking the air out of a plastic bottle only with one side of the bottle normal and one side of the bottle indented. And the weird thing was that I was able to feel it being sucked in. Another thing that concerned me for a long time was that I had numbness on the bridge, side and tip of my nose for at least a year to year and a half. I really thought that it was never going to go away but it did. And last but not least my smile was weird (horrible) for a really long time (over a year) and now it's back to normal.

The doctors don't tell you about all these changes that you will/can possibly go through after surgery. Had I known all that I may have chickened out, which is probably they don't share this information. My best advise is to be patient and try not to freak out (easier said than done, I know! lol), it takes a lot of time for it to heal completely but it will.

For me, once I stopped obsessing over my nose (staring at it and checking it in the mirror every 5 minutes) the time seemed to have passed by much faster. Now two years later it seems like it was such a short time for my nose to heal and I am extremly happy with the results.

If you would like to send me your email I will send you an updated picture.

Hi Kbishop,
It's been over 2 years now since my surgery and surprisingly my dent did go away. My dent was pretty bad going down 3/4 of my nose... I thought that there was no way that it could ever get better but it did. Although it took some time before it change.

After my dent appeared to go away it would reappear every time it was really cold out. Eventually that completely went away as well. It was as if the cold air made my nose contract and my nose to indent. Kind of like sucking the air out of a plastic bottle only with one side of the bottle normal and one side of the bottle indented. And the weird thing was that I was able to feel it being sucked in. Another thing that concerned me for a long time was that I had numbness on the bridge, side and tip of my nose for at least a year to year and a half. I really thought that it was never going to go away but it did. And last but not least my smile was weird (horrible) for a really long time (over a year) and now it's back to normal.

The doctors don't tell you about all these changes that you will/can possibly go through after surgery. Had I known all that I may have chickened out, which is probably they don't share this information. My best advise is to be patient and try not to freak out (easier said than done, I know! lol), it takes a lot of time for it to heal completely but it will.

For me, once I stopped obsessing over my nose (staring at it and checking it in the mirror every 5 minutes) the time seemed to have passed by much faster. Now two years later it seems like it was such a short time for my nose to heal and I am extremely happy with the results.

If you would like to send me your email I will send you an updated picture.

you have made me feel so much less stressed!! its been just under a month post opp for me and my nose seems to be the same kind of shape and now i have a dent that i didnt have before how long approximatley did it take for yours to go away? your nose looks so pretty im really wishing mine looked like that now but unfortunalty i live in london and theres alot of dodgy surgeons unlike america where surgery is so popular that all your surgeons are good!! xx please get back to me if u can! xx