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Allergies Worse After Rhinoplasty?

gotogiveJul 3, 2011
I am just shy of three weeks past a revision.. I first thought all the sneezing was a cold... (sometimes two or three times in a row) but now I am experiencing burning in and around my nose too.... and intense itching.... I have had allergies in the past ... but never this bad... does this procedure make allergies worse? is this just temporary?

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