Bruising and possibly elongating upper lip - was this caused by the surgical technique used during my Rhinoplasty? (photos)

It's of course very difficult to speculate without knowing what type of Rhinoplasty was performed. I can see from the picture straight after the surgery, you have intense bruising inside of the mouth which makes me believe there was some kind of manipulation on the nasal spine which is basically a disc of bones which sits at the end of the septum which limits the upper movement on the lip.

It is possible the surgeon did some manipulation in that area and released it from the bone, lengthening the lip and creating the horizontal line you have when smiling.

It's likely that this operation gave you this elongated lip.