I Hate my Nose It Bends Downwards and Looks Like a Beak...how Can I Fix It?

The radix is the area where the nose meets the forehead, and it can be permanently raised with a cartilage graft during rhinoplasty.

A callus is simply the body's response to an injury of either cartilage or bone. Cartilaginous fractures will not show up on x-ray although bony ones usually do.  After 7 months this will most likely not go down on its own. A rhinoplasty would involve shaving down any hump, resetting the nasal ...

Hello and thank you for your question. Since you are only 11 days post-op this is very normal so far. The final results take at least 1.5 years for the swelling to fully resolve. This can require lots of patience and waiting. Steroid injections performed by your surgeon can be extremely...

Usually fascia grafts will absorb quite a bit of fluid in the early phases of healing - making it feel quite full and sometimes even dense. This should soften up with time. You are quite early in the healing process so it is much too soon to make any real judgements.

Insurance often covers nasal surgery to improve breathing or repair fractures of the nose. However, insurance will not cover any procedures to cosmetically improve your nose. That is not considered a covered benefit under any insurance policy, unfortunately. Stephen Weber MD, FACS

Your timing should be perfectly fine. One thing to anticipate is rhinitis of pregnancy. You will likely notice nasal stuffiness that develops during your pregnancy which is not related to surgery but the hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy. Best of luck with both your rhinoplasty and...