I had a revision rhinoplasty that required some ear cartilage be removed and used as a graft in the procedure. I am afraid my doctor took too much cartilage as my ears are visibly asymmetrical (the one that had cartilage removed lays very close to my head, while the other ear sticks out 1"). It also feels like there is a big chunk missing that goes right up to where my ear meets my head and I am getting migraines that feel like they are pulsing from that ear. Is this normal? Will it get better?
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How fragile is your nose at eight months postop ? At eight months post nasal surgery your bones are very well set and strong. In my 35 years of doing nasal surgery I have had at least 100 patients contact me in the weeks and months immediately after surgery having had trauma to the nose and...
Many Thanks for your questions and for sharing your photographs.
Based on your photographs, it seems that you had an open (external rhinoplasty) which tends to provide a better exposure during surgery. The swelling at the tip of the nose after such surgery is the last to settle and can take 12...
Hi goldadam,
Thank you for your question! A Rhinoplasty coupled with an adenoidectomy procedure would not be related to it. I recommend having a Neuroopthalmologist examine you.
- Yadro Ducic, MD