Who is the best surgeon to go to when a nose has been destroyed ? I've searched and searched the net and while I have found other botched jobs I haven't found many where the nose has just been hacked at with bone and cartlige missing from the top , the sides the tip? What are the risks of filling in the gaps and making my nose look normal again? Will further surgery last ? The bridge is so narrow is it possible to make it wider ?
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March 26, 2016
Answer: Revision rhinoplasty for the "botched" nose job?
Dear jb20,
Thank you for your clinical
post. Operative septorhinoplasty often
involves manipulation of the nasal bones, in your case reduction of a bump and
some soft tissue cartilage work of the tip.
Low velocity elbow trauma as you described may cause some malposition of
the sidewall of...
Dear Ashley, You still have a good amount of swelling in the nose and residual bruising around the eyes. The bruising around the eyes result from disruption of the veins around the nasal bones. Tip swelling and bruising around they eyes often take the longest to completely resolve. The amo...
Thank you for your question.Again it is really premature to be passing judgement on your rhinoplasty at 23 days post op. The swelling takes a good 12 months to settle.The reduction in swelling is not uniform, hence the reason why at certain times, it appears as if your nose is crooked. The...
