Long-term swelling - Will my nose ever look like the photo my surgeon took straight after the operation? (photos)

Hello! It is possible that your nose will continue to improve. Intraoperative photos are very hard to judge as the healing process can be so variable between patients. I tell my patients that rhinoplasty is a journey and swelling can take well through 12 months to finally settle down. If you haven't tried compressions, taping, and steroid injections, that would be a good starting point. If improvement is seen, I would continue with those interventions. If the swelling in your photo fluctuates with salt in your diet, excess heat exposure during the day, etc., it is likely swelling. Hope this helps.

Your nose will continue to shrink down for as much as three years. To doled the process along you might consider steroid injections. This is very commonly done to reduce swelling faster