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Open rhinoplasty red bump and red thickness all way atoning columella 17 days post op

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billglen2003May 11, 2016

Can any doctor shed light on this , a red bump with white on it possibly a bubble of some sort and red thickness all the way around columella. The red thickness is quite wide, much wider than incision

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