Kenalog injections, can it make your nose smaller?

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I got a Kenalog injection a month after my surgery and but it seems to had made my nose become smaller. I was happy how my nose was looking until I got the injection and now it seems to be getting smaller. Should I be worried or is this just the recede of having your nose swell.

Amit Bhrany, MD · Answer

After rhinoplasty, there is always some degree of tissue swelling during the healing process. To help reduce swelling, conservative low-concentration steroid injections can help expedite resolution if the swelling is felt to be greater than desired.  When injected in the appropriate manner, they can be very useful if there is significant swelling of the nose post-operatively.  But as one of the other surgeons indicated in an answer to your question, one must be careful to inject a lower concentration and into the appropriate tissue plane to help avoid the risk of tissue atrophy and irregularities after injection.  If you have any questions or concerns regarding your nose after the injection, I would contact your surgeon.

Daniel Barrett, MD · Answer

Kenalog can be dangerous for healthy tissue. You shouldn't use it for nose reduction. 
I hope this was helpful,Dr. Daniel BarrettPlastic SurgeonBeverly Hills, CA

Alejandro Nogueira, MD · Answer

Cortisone injections are unwise in the nose! never repeat that! they destroy tissues, shrink, make atrophies and if used in such early stage are very very dangerous.

William Portuese, MD · Answer

The purpose of  cortisone injections placed in the nasal tip is to reduce the amount of swelling in the skin, not the cartilage. Injecting steroids into this cartilage will have no benefit. They help control and modulate the soft tissue envelope (the skin) over the bony and cartilaginous framework of the nose throughout the healing process for the first six months.

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