Hello! I had rhinoplasty 8 weeks ago and while the swelling has gone down on my bridge, when I feel my nose about half way down is a big ridge and from there to the tip I can literally feel the swelling. I had a steroid injection at 4 weeks and it helped a bit but since then it's stayed the same and this puffiness I can feel hasn't got less. It's like a step- I run my finger down my nose and can feel a big ridge where swelling starts. Is this normal? Is there anything I can do to help it? Thanks
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Hello and thank you for your question. Based on your
photograph, you may benefit from a tip refining rhinoplasty. Your surgeon can
accomplish this by trimming, suturing, and reshaping the cartilage in your
lower nose. Cartilage grafts may also be used to help improve tip refinement and create...
I use twilight sedation for 99% of my rhinoplasties, like the rhinoplasty pictured in the short video above. Pleasant recovery.
I usually make a morph when I'm answering questions like this, to show the changes that are possible for your nose with a rhinoplasty, but you didn't post any p...
