By the way, I did get nose/throat surgery in my nose/throat surgery a month ago to fix enlarged adenoids and open up my nasal passageway by reducing the turbulence in my nose. I do have a deviated septum so we are planning 0n fixing that once my nose is fully grown, I hadn't noticed any of this before, .but it does hurt a bit. Also a few days ago i did wake up and my nose hurt quite a bit and was bleeding. So, perhaps i slept in a weird position and it hurt my nose because its sensitive?
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This appears to be a dissolvable suture that was placed to close a mucosal incision inside your nose. These usually dissolve on their own. Any dorsal irregularities you notice now may resolve as swelling improves. It is best to wait a few weeks.
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