My surgeon used a radix graft. I just got my cast off & I think it looks weird. I 100% understand that it's swollen & will change a lot in the next few months but I was wondering, is it normal for a radix graft to stick out this much? Will my nose eventually end up looking like the simulation with a nice curve where the nose meets the forehead? I'm worried that, even if the graft gets smaller, it'll still be a straight line - will it curve over time? I look like my nose starts out of my forehead
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June 29, 2017
Answer: One week postoperative rhinoplasty is too soon to make a judgement about your radix graft.
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