My surgeon took a picture of my nose right after surgery in theatre and it looked perfect. Now I've got the cast off I hate it and I have a bump on my supratip. What could have happened? Is this just swelling and is the look of the nose right after surgery's complete going to be my final look? I had hump reduction and removal of cartilage to make my bridge thinner.
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Believe it or not, there are studies that show that people with nasal obstruction early in life, are likely to have a recessed chin or a shorter lower jaw line. It is related to the chronic mouth breathing that is associated with nasal congestion or obstruction. It is common in patients with...
It is probably best to wait 6 months between upper and lower jaw surgery and a rhinoplasty. This should give enough time for the healing process between the 2 procedures
,Many surgeons mistakenly use these two procedures as being the same but they are not and that is most likely why your nose still looks wide even though you had Alar Reduction. The latter is reducing the Alar folds and does not address the width of the nasal base which could only be achieved by...
