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I can feel and see the white silicone sticking out in my nose. Is this normal? Can I get a cortisone shot?

gucciordillardNov 21, 2015
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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