I had Septoplasty to straighten my nose because it was very crooked, especially at the top. The doctor told me I could remove my cast ten days after the surgery. When I took the cast off, my nose was very straight and it was narrow at the top and I was pleased. The next day when I woke up, I looked in the mirror and noticed that my nose had swelled up at the top and the bone also looked slightly crooked at the top but not as bad as it was before surgery. It seemed the bone was going back towards the way it was. It's been four days and it is still like this. Is this normal or is my nose going to stay slightly crooked?
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The type of contour irregularity that you describe is very
common following rhinoplasty surgery. During this procedure the nasal bones are filed and the nasal cartilage
is shaved to reshape the nose. It’s not
unusual to have residual boney irregularity, cartilaginous irregularity,
scarring and s...
If your surgeon went in and "rasped" the bridge this is actually a rhinoplasty, not a septoplasty. A septoplasty is performed through the nostrils into the back portion of the nose to remove obstructing and twisted bone and cartilage blocking air flow through the nose. The septoplasty p...
Revision septoplasty is a procedure performed to alleviate persistently deviated septal remnants, and improve the nasal airway. It is often performed on individuals who didn't have as much benefit as they perhaps should have after their first septoplasty...