I had my alarplasty surgery at Jan 16 this year. One nostril is already fully dried up and healed very fast. The other one had a lot of scabs and when the scabs finally fell off, the wound area is still very red, wet and the isn't fully healed yet. It it still normal at day 10? Thanks!
2 photos
Answers (2)
From board-certified doctors and trusted medical professionals
Arian Mowlavi, MD, FACS (license on probation) says:
Alarplasties can be done in the office with local anesthetic solution. We do provide morphine technology if this would be helpful to you. Please see example below and contact us if we can provide you further assistance with your surgery.
While alarplasty is a fairly straightforward procedure, your plan has a lot of risk for complications. The short answer is that yes, some else here in the US can take out your sutures, but it really is not advisable as your surgeon already alluded to. This often happens between an emergency room...
If one is narrowing the base of the nose, that is decreasing the width of the nose by removing skin along the floor of the nostrils, one would not expect significant changes at the nasolabial folds. Will one must take care when undergoing this maneuver as it can make the tip of the nose appear a...
