I had a revision rhino 7 months ago. It mainly focused on carving some bone from one side. On that side the swelling has been quite bad. It feels squigy and I can squeeze it and press down on it. I had a steroid injection which helped a lot temporarily. The squidgyness has come back a month later. When I tape overnight it looks good for a while but then comes back. I'm worried that too much cartilage has been removed for the skin to shrink or that this is scar tissue rather than swelling?
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Hello and thank you for your question. Based on your photograph, your tip is extremely over-rotated. Whereas some types of revisions I recommend waiting at least one year, for this type of revision I will do as soon as eight months post-op. The scar tissue needs to be released and extended...
Hello and thank you for your question. Based on your photographs, you may benefit from revision with tip refining rhinoplasty. Your surgeon can accomplish this by trimming, suturing, and reshaping the cartilage in your lower nose. Cartilage grafts may also be used to help improve tip refinement...
Hello and thank you for your question. Based on your frontal view only photographs, there appears to be some nostril asymmetry in the soft triangles after your second surgery. It would be important to further determine what bothers you and then an operative plan could be made to help. I...
