The item circled in red is a suture protruding from the left side of my nose. The area is red, tender and painful to the touch. It's a very sharp, shooting pain if I touch it. I wanted to make sure this was normal as I was told all internal sutures were dissolvable. I had surgery on Friday, May 30th. The one in black seems leftover from when the external sutures were removed. Was wondering if this will dissolve as well or need to be removed at a later date.
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A rhinoplasty will lasts a lifetime but there will be gradual changes of the nose and thickening of the skin of the nose as you age. The basic change in the shape of the nose will not change over time.
You should think about the features of your ideal nose. Discuss these goals with your plastic surgeon and together come up with a plan to meet your expectations.
Both procedures could be performed at the same time, or separately depending upon how you wish to proceed. Ptosis repair is usually performed by an oculoplastic surgeon, while rhinoplasty is performed by a plastic/ facial plastic surgeon. If you separate them in time, best to wait a few months...
