Doctor Recommendation for Nose Surgery in Southern California

Injury to the nose can fracture the nasal bone, or the cartilages lower in the bridge and septum, and a nasal fracture will not always cause bleeding and bruising. Had you seen  a plastic surgeon early after, sometimes closed reduction will bring back the 'old' shape. After two months of...

Your surgeon did a nice job with your nose.  The swelling in the tip will continue to subside with time.  When you can wiggle the tip of your nose and it doesn't hurt or is not stiff anymore, then you can start analyzing it.  Prior to that time you're still healing. ...

Your nose should be rock solid by 1 year after the Rhinoplasty and many, of my, Rhinoplasty patients achievce this at 6-9 months but I gave you an extra few months based on your comments of a rough post op Rhinoplasty experience.  You should be able to treat your nose as you did before.

I understand that the sudden appearance of some swelling after you squeezed the skin of your recently operated nose might have given you a fright, but it is not very likely you did any permanent damage to the underlying structures.  Nevertheless, you should avoid any rough contact with...

There are two types of nerves in your nose, motor nerves and sensory nerves.  Motor nerves are responsible for moving muscles and sensory nerves provide the sense of touch.  In the course of a typical rhinoplasty sensory nerves are cut and the skin on the nose will...

I read your concern and reviewed your photo. The slight indentation in the right side of your tip 4 months after Rhinoplasty Surgery may be filled with an Injectable Filler to improve symmetry. Your tip has some degree of post-surgical swelling that will take a year or more to completely...