How will recovery / risks be for revision involving placement of unilateral spreader graft only? Swelling time?

December 24, 2014
Asked By:n2221 in Philadelphia, PA

Had primary rhinoplasty & septoplasty in July. Results are great so far. However one side of my nose was narrowed more than the other, asymmetry is bothering me. When I touch the sides of my nose that side feels thinner and collapses more easily. I understand this can be corrected with a spreader graft placed on that side. If that is the only thing done in revision, will it take less time to recover and for swelling to go down than it did for my primary rhinoplasty? What risks might be involved?

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