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Is scratching your nose 12 months after rhinoplasty damaging?

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Hi! I'm almost a year post op- I know everyone says at a year you're fully healed but I still swell a lot. My question is, is it okay to aggressively scratch your nose at 12 months post op? I get itching dry skin when it gets cold and I've been waking up to find myself scratching pretty hard on my nose. Will this do any damage/ change appearance, etc? Thanks!

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