How to afford rhinoplasty? What do you recommend to patients that can't pay in full upfront for their surgery?

Usually several different types of grafts can be used during surgery to heighten and widen the nose.  Also, you may try non surgical rhinoplasty first using a filler to make this area bigger. That way you will see if you like it before undergoing surgery.

Over 50% of patients who had nose fracture end up with permanent deformity. This deformity can be successfully corrected with  rhinoplasty. Severe deformity may require a complex reconstruction in particular if there is functional deformity (difficult breathing, nasal obstruction). Corrective na...

You are still early in your recovery period and the nose is expected to be quite swollen at this point.The swelling during this time is rarely symmetric. One side will always resolve more quickly than the other. The majority of the swelling will resolve in 3-6 months, and will continue to ...

Each surgeon will have their own specific instructions for wound/incision care after rhinoplasty. Please call your doctor's office and discuss it with them.I use antibiotic ointments for general care, placed 2x a day with a clean cotton tipped applicator. If crusting develops I suggest hydrogen ...

In my practice I'd say no lifting weights for 6 weeks. And then starting small and building back up. However I'd add in, that rib graft rhinoplasty is a complex (usually secondary or tertiary) procedure with serious risks and pros and cons to be considered. For most people...

It is hard from your description to tell exactly but sometime the bump can be improved just by "sanding", or rasping it down.