Did I hurt anything using tweezers to remove small crusty blood-mixed mucus 10 days post-op open rhinoplasty?

August 4, 2018
Asked By:middlemarch in Istanbul, TR

I woke up this morning with a dry and congested feeling in my nose, I figured I'd gently try to remove the mucus when it is hard as I use certain products my doctor recommended to keep it moist inside my nose and it is impossible to get rid of them using irrigation; they just won't come out that way. I got out a few pieces without any pain or discomfort along with some hair. I do have dissolvable stitches from what doctor told me and I don't think I got anything out that looked like one.

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