Alar base reduction incision open, am I too late to fix this at 7 days? Is it too late to stitch this together?

May 6, 2016
Asked By:Colly3 in Miami, FL

I had a rhinoplasty done 7 days ago including alar base reduction so I have two nostril incisions. After getting home and washing the dried blood away, I've noticed the incision on the right side at the base of the nostrils is open, a gap between the two peices of skin and no stitch or anything holding it together. I can see on the left side it looks perfectly stitched and held together, no gaps. I am now so so worried that It will heal like this and leave me with a disfigurement as it is very visible.

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