I had my 1st rhinoplasty in 2009, that worsened over the years. My revision was with a different surgeon in 2015. It's a lot bulkier now. There is a bulge on the left side of my bridge (more noticeable when I smile), there are lines alongside the base of my nose that are noticeable. Are these my nasal bones? My natural nose was skinniest at the bridge and now it seems to be the widest part, I hate it. Lastly the tip seems detached from the rest of my nose-what does it look like happened?
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August 11, 2017
Answer: What went wrong, mostly, was inadequate work on your tip cartilages. See the morphs I made from your photos.
The postoperative time for most rhinoplasty patients is often fraught with anxiety. During a rhinoplasty, the skin and soft tissues are often completely separated from the underlying bone and cartilage framework. The framework is modified and the skin is laid back down. These are big movements...
At three weeks, there is still lots of swelling in the nose so it's still very early in the healing process. It's impossible to make a final determination about the shape of the nose at only three weeks into the process, since full healing takes one year. Revision rhinoplasty and ear ...
Its probably best to wait at least a year before undergoing a revision rhinoplasty procedure to allow all of the infection to be resolved and the extensive healing process from both surgeries within a week of each other.