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The Stitches in my Nose Aren't Dissolving and It's Been a Month Since my Rhinoplasty
I have a few stitches on one side of my nose and they hurt when I'm trying to clean my nose with cutton swabs. The stiches hang loose and absorb...
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How Long Can It Take for Sutures to Dissolve After Rhinoplasty?
It has been 18 days after my surgery and I can still see the stitches in my nose and right breast. How long will it take for them to dissolve?
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What Kind of Stitches Are Used in Rhinoplasty?
Do they dissolve or are they taken out? Do I have a choice? My friend had rhinoplasty last month and she had 16 stitches. She said getting the...
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Alarplasty
I have just had an alarplasty procedure done yesterday, in Thailand and the results so far look ok, but the the surgeon used soluble sutures. I have...
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Is It Common That a Fascia Graft for Nose Will Dissolve In Time?
Hello , I had very bad irregularities due to a bad rhinoplasty and as a result I had to have it corrected with fascia grafting . I'm concerned as...
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Kenalog Shots Now my Dorsum Looks Huge. When Will it Go Down?
I'm about 6 months post open rhinoplasty. My surgeon injected kenalog at three locations in my dorsal to see if we can prevent getting a polly beak....
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I'm Unable to Get Rhinoplasty Until the Radiesse Has Dissolved. What Are my Options?
I have always been self-conscious of my nose and have recently decided to get rhinoplasty. During my consultation, my doctor said that he is unable to...
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Undissolved Sutures, Nasal Bones Showing, How Would I Go About a Revision? (photo)
Hello, I'm Jordan. I have a few questions that are hard to describe so I tried to provide a bunch of pictures so you can accurately see what's going...
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