please reply :-) I'm thinking of getting surgery sometime early January or February 2017. I have a bad deviate septum and can't breath from right nostril. I have Blue Cross Blue Shield and was wondering if it would cover some of the surgery and I would pay whatever is left on CareCredit.
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Answer: Functional septoplasty for breathing, rhinoplasty for cosmetic changes
A tip rhinoplasty is required to fix the isolated hanging columella. The hanging columella can be addressed with excision of excess skin and cartilage from varying areas on the columella to the tip upwards or downwards by altering the angle of removal. Releasing the depressor set the li...
A Closed rhinoplasty procedure can accomplish straightening the crooked nose with all of the incisions placed on the inside of the nose. To straighten a crooked nose requires osteotomiess placed in the nasal bones, and sometimes a cartilage graft placed on the concave side in the mid...
Ivo Gwanmesia, FRCS(Plast) - Account Suspended says:
Thank you for your question.It would appear you have very active nasal depressor muscles (depressor nares muscles) which cause your nasal tip to drop upon smiling. These can be disinserted during a rhinoplasty procedure. I would suggest you consult with a plastic surgeon who carries out...