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What has happened to my nose? It seems like a pig nose: more upturned, short, very bulbous and wide. Suggestions? (photos)

Susanlucci80Apr 3, 2019
Two surgeries by ENT-nasal valve stenosis, concha bullosa surgery, septoplasty with turbinate reduction. Currently, nose seems like a pig nose..more upturned, short, very bulbous & wide. Suggestions??

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