My surgeon raised my low hanging columella when he did my nose but my nostrils are so high up that it looks like I still have a columella like before. He told me my nostrils won't really drop anymore but they're so much higher than they used to be and even higher than when I got my cast off. I'm 4 weeks out of surgery. Do you think my nostrils will drop? It's circular in shape and really ugly. Was it something I did? And also how bulbous does your tip stay after surgery?
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Nasal swelling post rhinoplasty can be quite distressing for patients. Patient and surgeon must be patient while the trauma of the rhinoplasty settles down. If localized swelling occurs a small dose of kenalog can improve things.
Dear bm21,
Thank you for your clinical post. Generally, rhinoplasty surgery, which is the
adjustment of the nasal bones and soft tissue cartilaginous tip takes 12 months
to fully manifest aesthetic results.
Prior to that is too premature to judge the final outcome and certainly
to consider an...
