18 hours after septoplasty i blew my nose hard in my dream, in my dream the right nostril blew out mucus. I woke up and the right packing had moved down just a little bit not much. Now im experiencin a burning feeling right where they put the graft in the right nostril. I imagine this is the same as pulling out the packing 18 hrs after surgery. Chances I caused damage?
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It appears that there is a caudal septal deformity that is responsible for your problem, and it can be addressed with a fairly limited revision procedure. Consult a facial plastic surgeon who performs Rhinoplasty frequently.
Since you are only a couple of months out from your procedure it is possible that your nose is still healing, has sutures or crusts that are causing the high-pitched sound when air goes over it. You may have a hole in the septum as well. I might try neti pot saline irrigation first. If the noise...
It's important to make sure that your ENT doctor is also board-certified in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery and has dedicated a significant amount of their practice to the field of cosmetic rhinoplasty. Rhinoplasty surgery is the most difficult operation to perform in the entire field...