The day after my cast was off, my kid came from behind and accidentally slapped my nose. It hurt extremely bad, it made me cry. I didn't bleed but now there's a lil hard lump on the side of my nose where my hump used to be. Also, he slapped me again in the same day, and every day I keep getting accidentally slapped by him, it doesn’t hurt as much as that first time. Would getting slapped by my two year old this early in my recovery phase hurt my results and is that lump going away? Thank you in advance!
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October 29, 2018
Answer: Can the results of my rhinoplasty be affected after being slapped in the nose?
Thank you for your question. I would recommend seeing your surgeon just to make sure everything is ok. I think you should be fine but your surgeon knows what he/she did during surgery and would be the best person to advise you. Best of luck to you.
It's difficult to judge your outcome without seeing your before photos. You are certainly swollen, but you may not have supratip swelling. We reserve steroid injections after rhinoplasty for supratip swelling that may resemble a "poly beak". Your tip may appear a bit droopy, but without a before...
After a rhinoplasty the nose is always stiffer immediately after surgery which takes some time to go down. Whenever surgery is performed the tip needs to be adequately supported so that it maintains a natural position. This leads to a great improvement in tip support however it does...