It is normal to have uneven lumpy excessive tissue inside the nostrils almost 4 months after a first time closed rhinoplasty? It's driving me crazy! When will the mucosa inside my nostrils smooth out and feel normal again? Actually one nostril feels pretty ok but the other one is just too uneven and lumpy inside which makes it pretty hard to pick my nose when I have to.
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November 9, 2011
Answer: Lumpy tissue inside nose after rhinoplasty
The steroid Kenalog (triamcinolone) is injected post rhinoplasty to decrease post operative swelling. In this country, I'm not aware of anybody using Diprospan (betamethasone) for this purpose.
Your nose has changed significantly with your rhinoplasty surgery. Like your surgeon, I do not feel that taping your nose for more than 2 weeks after surgery would be beneficial. In patients like you with thick skin it will take longer for the swelling to resolve. Your nose will continue to...
Yes, an ear cartilage tip graft can be removed during a Revision Rhinoplasty or Tip Plasty at approximately 6 months following the previous Rhinoplasty. From what you describe the ear cartilage graft was sutured to the nasal tip cartilages. It's appropriate, IMHO, to suture...
