I'm only 21 but have really bad dark circles under my eyes they start in the middle above my upper eyelid and go down like a c shape to my lower eyelid and also stop there in the middle. I have a deviated septum where I have a operation for this month. My question is will this also fix my dark circles, I have no allergies.
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Sadly, the terms are often used interchangeably .... you are correct in that in most surgeons' minds, a septoplasty entails some sort of septal reconstruction (usually with spreader, splinting or extension grafting), while submucous resection is simply removal of part of the septal cartilage.......
It is hard to determine what you or the second surgeon mean by a 50 percent blocked nose or an 80 percent blocked nose as this is not proper medical terminology for a nasal evaluation. How would this doctor even know what you started with having never met you prior to your surgery? I would se...
The septoplasty could have been performed during your rhinoplasty since this would have been the easiest time to perform it in many ways. But, to answer the question that you are asking the group, yes you can absolutely get a septoplasty after having had a rhinoplasty.
