I got my surgery on Mon morning and it is now Wed night. Overall has been really rough, completely swollen eyes up until the last hour. I am experience a lot of clear stuff (snot I am assuming) coming out of my nose and occasionally blood. The worst part right now is the stitches along the bottom of my nose are stinging very badly. Nothing appears to be wrong but it's hard to see covered with tape and blood. I have been placing Vaseline over the stitches and am worried I have irritated them.
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Red bump around stitch 4 days after rhinoplasty. It is impossible to make a diagnosis and recommend treatment without examining your nose. Consult with your surgeon before the long holiday weekend who can determine if anything needs to be done.
The nose is made up of a pair of bones at the top. In the middle there are a pair of cartilages, and the tip is made up of a pair of cartilages. The septum runs down the middle separating the nose into the two different halves. Under the bone, the septum is made of bone, under the cartilage...
I would suggest that you contact the office which you had
the procedure done. The rhinoplasty cast typically comes off a week after surgery,
unless otherwise directed by your surgeon to keep it on longer. Since you are 5
days out it shouldn’t be too much of an issue, however I would s...
