Differentiating Between Bone and Swelling After Rhinoplasty?

In rhinoplasty jargon, the term "Tip Rhinoplasty" or "Tip Refinement" simply means reshaping the nasal tip to improve its appearance. This can involve making the tip narrower, smaller, less bulbous, less boxy, more/less upturned -- depending on the goals of the surgery. The...

                It’s not unusual for patients to have difficulty breathing through their nose following nasal surgery. In most cases, this is related to normal post-operative swelling and resolves quickly. In some cases crusting and scabbing within the nasal passages may also contribut...

If the nose is crooked after a nasal injury, it can often be corrected with a closed nasal bone reduction procedure if performed within the first 10-14 days after the injury. In some cases, this procedure is not enough to correct the deformity (particularly if there is significant septal...

Following a hump removal during rhinoplasty, it is very common for there to be excessive swelling of overlying the area where the boney hump was removed. If the bone was adequately reduced, that bump should disappear as the swelling subsides over the first several months. If the hump persists...

You should be cautions about taking medications, ointments and lotionsother than those directly prescribed by your surgeon. Your doctor knows your condition best, and can thus best recommend what approach to take should your nose job not be healing as planned. For the most part, however, it is...

The topic and operation "rhinoplasty" (nose job) is quite complex. There are different schools of thought. A lot of rhinoplasty techniques weaken the structural framework of the nose, possibly leading to cosmetic and functional problems of the nose in the long-run. It is therefore essential that...