Feeling Something Hard Inside my Left Nostril After Rhinoplasty?

Question

I'm 11 days post-op , I didn't have any breathing problems before my rhinoplasty.Yesterday,when my cast is removed I started to feel and touched something very hard inside my left nostril and it's attached to columella's bone but at the same time it moves a little , I think it's a bone ..i'm so nervous that i will have to get another surgery to remove it.I can't meet my surgeon before monday,so can anyone help me and give me reasons for this hard thing stuck in my nostrils ? Thank you

Munish Shandilya, MS · Answer

Hi Christelle

	I appreciate that the Immediate post-operative period after a Rhinoplasty is an anxious time but you should not touch any parts or stitches before you see your surgeon on Monday. My guess and hope is that it is a harmless dried nasal secretion crust that may have no long-term implications. 

	Best wishes

Pablo Prichard, MD · Answer

Dear Christelle,

	Thank you for your question.  I understand your nervousness, but its best to leave your nose alone now until seen by your surgeon.  This could be many things.  Sometimes I leave an internal splint in longer and remove at second visit.  Sometimes there is hard scabs that are attached to the columella.  This can also be cartilage that can always be revised with a small procedure.  There is no sense in worrying about it now.

	Best Wishes,

	Pablo Prichard, MD

Feeling Something Hard Inside my Left Nostril After Rhinoplasty?

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