I heard that some patients have trouble breathing after nostrils are reduced! How can this happen? Can you request for no nostril reduction, if the hump is being shaved?
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January 29, 2016
Answer: If the size of nostrils are reduced, will breathing get bad?
Ashok Govila, FRCS, MCh, MS - Account Suspended says:
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