Purple, Ice Cold Nose After Nose Tip Revision

I would recommend Dr. Mack Cheney at Mass Eye and Ear. No question about it. I rotated there when I was a resident and he is fantastic.

If residual swelling or scar tissue is the cause of your tip being round and droopy, Kenalog injections should help. Kenalog is a steroid which can speed up the resolution of edema, or swelling, in the nose. However, it should be used judiciously and only in the right patients, as overuse can...

A year is the gold standard. The reason is by this time the post operative changes have nearly all settled. The swelling is long gone but the wound is just now maturing and all the activity and inflammation created by the surgery has almost returned to the underlying base line turn over activity...

If your surgeon plans on doing a closed approach to rebuild your pinched nasal tip, you should not have any real bruising around the nose or eyes. You will probably have a mild amount of swelling around the tip region. Overall, I think the recovery from a closed revision rhinoplasty is...

Each time a nose is operated on, it becomes more difficult. And therefore the success decreases and the goals of surgery are lowered. The first time is the best time. That isn't to say revision surgery can't be successful. Its just more difficult and takes longer. This is reflected in...

Dry nose with crusting inside the nasal cavity Nasal obstruction as a result of swelling or collapse Perforation of the septum (hole between the partition of the nose) See your surgeon and have him/her look inside your nose