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Possible Nasal Valve Collapse and Breathing Difficulties After Rhinoplasty/septoplasty/osteotomy? (photo)

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I am 5 1/2 post op. Having breathing difficulties through both nostrils. While breathing through right nostril changes during the day (sometimes good sometimes bad), it is constantly bad through the left one especially when I inhale. I am afraid I may have nasal valve collapse as there the “dent” on the left tends to squish in when I deep-breath. I don’t know if the pictures show all.

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