So it has been about 3 months since my surgery. For a few weeks I have been picking my nose, I'm not talking about hanging boogers, I mean digging up like as high as I can go! Is that bad? It feels like my nose has been getting stuffier, but it might be because I've been out of sinus irrigator stuff so my nose has been dry. I get a little bit of dried blood when picking. I go as high up as my finger will go to get the dried boogers. What negative effects can that have?
I had a septoplasty 6 months ago after an injury (closed septoplasty, no rhinoplasty). In the past week I found what I thought was a pimple or abscess in the most forward part of my nose. I began picking at it trying to pop it and am afraid it was a piece of a suture (I think they call it tip-defining suture). I cannot say if my nose has changed shape. Are permanent sutures used in septoplasty and if so, has enough time elapsed that scar tissue will support the structure of my nose?
The night that I got my surgery I was half asleep and on pain pills and I tried to pick out my splints. I guess I just thought they were boogers or something. I didn't feel any pain any pain or bleeding after I did it and I stopped as soon as I realized what I was doing. It was only for a minute but I'm scared that the pressure of me trying to pick them out could've shifted my septum or something. I really hope that I didn't ruin it.
Can picking your nose make you healthier? My septum leans to the right and I can't breathe through my right nostril at all. It's awful. Right now I can't afford septoplasty and I don't want to risk messing up the tip of my nose (even though I know risks are minimal.) The blocked nostril drives me nuts. If my septum cartilage is simply bent to the right, is it possible that if I put my finger up my nose and push the septum back into the middle, it will eventually bend to the middle? And stay that way so I can breathe?
Hello, I had septoplasty surgery on Friday July 8th. I had mucus and blood coming out of my nose for about 3 days and it stopped. Now I have a bunch of dried mucus blood in my nostrils. 5 days after surgery I was picking at the dried blood/mucus to clear up my nostrils and I accidentally pulled out some sutures that were attached to one of the solidified blood/mucus I had in there. I did feel it when it came out, but otherwise it does not hurt and I am not bleeding. Is this a problem?please help
Had Septoplasty 2 years ago to correct a deviated septum in an attempt to help my sleep apnea. I did not pick my nose at all after the surgery for about a month and was using a nasal rinse for about 2 months. The problem is that my nose still develops large internal scabs every day or so, to the point that my breathing is actually worse then before the surgery. I am constantly picking my nose (in private) to rid the scabs. What should I do?
I found out around 2 months ago that I have a large perforaton of my septum (around 3.5cm x 1.5cm) that was the result of chronic nose picking when I was younger. I went to my ENT on two occasions since then, and was told that the remaining septum is healthy, and only need nasal gel to treat dryness. My dorsum is also currently stable. No breathing issues. I would like to see from other professionals if you think Im at risk of developing a saddle nose, or if the hole can possibly get bigger?