Can I play golf one month after rhinoplasty?

Dear Sarah, Thank you for your question.  Two things could be happening.  First, swelling could be temporarily tilting the nose, and second, the septal cartilage may be warping back to its original or similar position.  Unfortunately, there is nothing to do at this point...

Thank you for your question. As others have stated it is normal to have swelling of the area above the tip when only a tip rhinoplasty is done. This swelling should be decreasing somewhat by 6-8 weeks, but may take 3 months. Be sure to see her plastic surgeon and express your concerns. In...

Thank you for your question! It is understandable that you are concerned especially with the bulbous tip. Changes after rhinoplasties vary with every patient and what you are experiencing is normal especially that swelling takes time to subside as it masks the results of your surgery. That...

Dear Sue, Thank you for your question.  If you have a bump that you can see but not feel, then this may be a sharp shard of bone that is poking into your tissue.  When you pull your skin over it, the point of the bone may dig into the tissue causing pain, much like bone spur. ...

Hello! Thank you for your question! After any surgical procedure, you should be careful with incisions as well as avoidance of direct UVA and UVB rays in order to lessen the chance for hyperpigmentation of the skin and scars, which can take several months to resolve, if it ever does. As the...

Patients with thin nasal skin can easily show irregularities in any part of the nose but especially at the junction of the nasal bones to the middle third. At the time of surgery, some surgeons will use temporalis fascia, morselized cartilage, or even cadaveric tissue called alloderm. After...