Columella-How Much Does It Shrink over Time After Open Rhinoplasty? (photo)

April 9, 2012
Asked By:surgery1111 in Texas City, TX

is the columella is the last to minimize in swelling/ also the least to shrink after surgery? I told my DR. prior to surgery that I really didn't want for my columella to be visible at all if seeing from the side views, he said this would be easy to achieve. After asking a friend DR & him looking at it, he suggested I talked to my surgeon b/c in his opinion my columella would heal in a way in which from the side would appear to hang or drip, today its day 15after surgery what do you think?

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