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2.5 weeks post rhinoplasty: deviated septum or internal swelling? (photos)

natalievvdr
Hi doctors, I am 18 days post open rhinoplasty. Upon looking in the mirror to clean more closely today, I saw that my left nostril has something "sticking out" more than the right. I got worried as I saw that deviated septi also look like this - could my surgery have created a deviated septum (I had to sneeze a couple times after surgery, about 10 days post op) or is this asymmetrical internal swelling? I had no osteotomies done FYI.

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