Is it common for swelling to make it appear as though dorsal hump is still present after rhinoplasty?

November 30, 2013
Asked By:Torrey25

I had open rhinoplasty 8 days ago primarily to remove a dorsal hump and fix some of the tip. My tip of my nose is extremely swollen, which I knew would be the case, but it still appears that I have a dorsal hump. My doctor said is should just be 2-3 mm of swelling, but it feels pretty hard and I can't help but think it wasn't entirely removed. Is swelling around the dorsal/bridge extremely common?

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