Hello, I had a close rhinoplasty 8 months now... I'd been patient waiting waiting for it to heal, and hopefully get more refined like how it was first took the casting off. It gotten bigger due swelling I guess. But I'd been notice that I can feel the little silicone sticking out and can see it if I look up my nose. It's where the doctor make the Cut. Would this affect my healing and the way my nose turn out? Do I need to have it cut off or shove it back in? I sometimes do get little leakage.
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If you nose is not packed, then you will be able to breathe through your nose. You might become clogged and have to breathe through your mouth. I do not allow patients to blow their nose for 3 weeks, and only after they have the splint removed and can shower ( after one week) do I allow them to...
Remember, the nose is a three-dimensional structure so making changes in one dimension will affect the other dimensions. When removing the dorsal hump, the nose will be more flat and wide in appearance, therefore osteotomies of the nasal bones are required. Computer imaging would be...
It would be premature to judge the shape of your tip just 4 months following surgery. Your nose is still swollen and will continue to evolve and refine in shape for several months to come. That said, I do see that the right nostril rim is flattened and retracted upward. A retracted...
