How Can I Help Healing of Columella Incision?

Immediately after surgery, I really stress to my patients frequent application of an antibiotic ointment along the columella incision site.  Once the sutures are removed and the incision is well healed over, I typically recommend discontinuing application of the ointment.  Redness to the incision site can be expected  and typically subsides over time.  After this, I strong recommend application of sun sceen to the incision site and for smokers to try and quit or at least minimize their smoking.

 

Bacitracin ointment should help with healing of a columellar healing in the first few days after surgery.  I have noticed that the columellar incisions that I have made during rhinoplasty heal very well with minimal treatment after surgery.  I remove the sutures from an open rhinoplasty within 5 to 7 days of the surgery. In some cases, I use clear suture to disguise the incision immediately after rhinoplasty surgery. 

I usually recommend Hybrisil for about 6 weeks at this point. Make sure that you have sun screen on at all times. After the six week period, I usually recommend vit E ointment