My son broke my nose by throwing his head back during a tantrum. ENT reset my nose in surgery about 24 days after the accident. My surgery was Feb 17th. Cast was removed on the 26th. I was told there was still some swelling so I didn't think much of it... but here I am now a little over a month later and my nose still appears to be crooked. I can still feel the bump on the left side of my nose. Is it possible it shifted back out of place? Or the procedure didn't work?
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We often use a clear nylon non-dissolving suture to slightly narrow the footplates of the medial crura (part of the base of the columella). Apologies for being so technical. PDS (polydioxanone) suture is also clear and is dissolving and can be used in that area to reconstruct things as well...
Two years after a rhinoplasty procedure, the nose is fully healed. The hardness that you're feeling may be related to cartilage grafts that were placed in the nose. Best to check with your operative surgeon to find out what was accomplished during your rhinoplasty procedure.
You are right, you have a square tip aka boxy tip, with a cleft in the midline and oversized; it would be interesting viewing side views to assess your profile.About the tip and your goal I can tell you that is feasible by means of:-open approach-removal of the fibrofatty pad between the domes...