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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Rhinoplasty should be performed when skeletal growth is complete. In general, most females will have completed growth by 16. However, some girls have completed growth by 15. This may be appropriate if you have remained the same height for a year...
Unfortunately, rhinoplasty surgery is the only option to achieve your goals. Your nose can be made smaller, the tip refined and the tip rotated to improve its shape. A filler treatment or non-surgical rhinoplasty would not be expected to achieve any of these goals.
Post rhinoplasty nasal obstruction (PRNO) occurs in up to 10% of cosmetic rhinoplasty patients. It is an unfortunate and untoward complication. If your airway is worse at 6 weeks (or 8 weeks if you give it a little longer) then you probably have PRNO. Did you have a turbinate reduction as...
