This was my 2nd rhinoplasty and I was hoping it'd be my last! I am a month into recovery. Yes, it's early but my nose should not look like this. I had bad retraction in the left nostril after my first rhinoplasty, which was supposed to be corrected in my revision rhinoplasty. The doctor said he put a graft there. My nose was looking fine when the cast first came off now it looks so bad. What happened and what can be done to fix this? I really don't want to wait a year. I need advice please :(
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Tip rhinoplasty is less involving then full rhinoplasty. In many cases it can be done in local anesthesia. Usually tapes are placed (instead of splint) to control swelling for 5-7 days. However, swelling of the tip will last for a long time (up to 1 year) although it should be discrete for the...
After a primary rhinoplasty you need to wait twelve months to do anything but a minor revision such as filling down a residual bump, and that is because it takes at least that long for all swelling and inflammation to completely resolve. Operating before that time results in excess swelling a...
You look like you both a deviation of the nose, and somewhat visible caudal edge of the nasal bones where the middle vault (septum and upper lateral cartilages are more narrow (inverted v deformity). If the cartilage of the septum was curved to begin with (as part of the original cause of the ...