Hi there, Last year around August 2021 I had a rhino-septoplasty ( non-cosmetic rhinoplasty) + turbinate reduction. During recovery in the first months I was breathing fine but it did not last too long. I also started snoring almost daily + when I breath I feel the airflow is pushing against obstacle sort of. Sometimes one nostril is clogged, some mornings one is having a bit of liquid or it feels like this in the sinus. Doctor said the nose canals look good. Not sure if anything can be done.
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Hello! Thanks for the photos. I see what you're talking about. This is caused by the graft being too prominent and putting pressure on the skin called blanching. The way to fix this is to decrease the size of the graft. Long-term, if the pressure stays, it could cause issues with the blood flow....
"Shrink Wrap" is associated with thin, light skin, and firm nasal tip cartilages, and further rhinoplasty surgery does not prevent this from occurring again. In our practice, asymmetries and irregularities associated with shrink wrap may be permanently improved with microdroplet Silikon-1000....
Good Morning! If it's been almost 2 years, the swelling has likely already resolved. The prominences left are probably prominent lower lateral cartilages. When they have a convex orientation, they tend to bulge and can appear unsightly. The way to correct this is to flatten the cartilages using...