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You should be thoroughly evaluated by an endocrinologist before considering rhinoplasty surgery. The risk of having rhinoplasty before the acromegaly has stabilized is that your new nose might continue to change shape. Good luck with your medical treatment.
You should wait till your facial features have stopped changing for the most part. I assume you are seeing an endocrinologist to identify why you have acromegaly and determine the best overall treatment. Good luck
The acromegaly either needs to be medically or surgically treated, and then a rhinoplasty can be performed.
First, the acromegaly has to be evaluated. Second if you are still actively growing, you should wait until you have stopped.
The endocrine condition of Acromegaly requires full evaluation, and possibly treatment before you should consider rhinoplasty. It is not a contraindication to performing the procedure, nor will it affect normal healing once the growth hormone levels are normalized. However there are significant other facial skeletal deformities that can result from untreated Acromegaly.
When closing an open rhinoplasty, I have found that if I grab to much soft tissue in this area (the soft triangle) with my suture this indentation can occur. As the suture dissolves the indentation resolves. On one occasion where it persisted I placed a temporary filler. No further intervention...
This seems to be normal for the amount of work that you had done. It will take a few weeks to completely subside. Please continue to follow up with your surgeon.
Oily skin post rhinoplasty is common. This can subside after 4-6 months, but it can last upwards of one year post-op. Changes in the texture of your skin are normal. Secretions can occur after rhinoplasty because your blood circulation has been modified since the procedure and swelling occurs....