What is the procedure done for callus removal after a rhinoplasty? (Photo)

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I had rhinoplasty about 5 months ago. I had a closed rhinoplasty and originally only wanted to reshape the tip of my nose to make it look more feminine, as it was too wide for my liking. I ended up deciding to also make the bridge a bit more narrow. Since removing the bandages, I noticed a small bump and it seems to have only gotten bigger. It feels hard like bone. I've read that it could be a callus. If that's the case, what is the procedure done to get it removed?

Toby Mayer, MD · Answer

I assume this is over the bone on the bridge of the nose. If so it may go down over the next five or six months but otherwise you would need a revision to file the bump down.

Douglas J. Mackenzie, MD · Answer

The small bump seems to be over your nasal bones, just above where the bone meets the cartilage.  There might have been a small piece of bone left behind from the procedure to narrow the bones that make up the bridge.  If it was just scar tissue (unlikely) or a small piece of cartilage (also unlikely), perhaps some focused steroid injection would improve it.  More likely, it's bone and will not go away on its own.  A revision rhinoplasty would be necessary, but unlike most revision rhinoplasties would be pretty straightforward, just dissecting to the bump and rasping it down.

Arian Mowlavi, MD, FACS (license on probation) · Answer

Easy to fix with a little rasping which can be done with you awake thus saving you lots of money. Please make a consultation to give you the low down.

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