10 Years Rhinoplasty Has Causes Breathing Difficulties- What To Do?

There are several possibilities as to why you are hanging breathing problems. One of the most common is turbinate hypertrophy. An internal nasal exam will tell if this is the problem. Treatments are both surgical and non surgical

At this point, it may be best to consult a reputable ENT-specialist to determine the cause of your nasal obstruction 10 years after Rhinoplasty Surgery. Once the cause of your obstruction is recognized, recommendations could be made to help you.

Dr. Joseph

Thanks for your question.

The best way to determine the cause of your breathing difficulty is to have a consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon with passion for revision rhinoplasty procedures.

Preferably ou should consult with someone who is trained in Otolaryngology and plastic surgery. This would allow you get a good opinion by someone who has extra training in aesthetics as well as function of your nose.

The most common causes of breathing difficulty after rhinoplasty include;

1. nasal valve collapse (internal or external)

2. Septal deviation

3. turbinate hypertrophy

The previous surgery could have caused these problem or could have unmasked them.

The good news is that they are all correctable. After accurate diagnosis, a variety of manuevers and techniques can be used to correct the breathing difficulty.

Best wishes,

Dr. Sajjadian

You should have your nose examine by a revision rhinoplasty specialist to see what can be done about your nasal symptoms. Many of your symptoms could be due to side effects from your prior surgery if care wasn't taken to maintain adequate structural support of your nose.

There are many functional issues that could be wrong with your nose. An examination would help pinpoint what options you have to treat them. This would include possible revision surgery or nasal medications.

There are multiple reasons as to why a nasal obstruction occurs.  This can be a combination of a deviated nasal septum, turbinate hypertrophy, valve collapse, and vestibular stenosis.  These may or may not be the result of accidents, injury, trauma, or previous rhinoplasty surgery.  An experienced rhinoplastic surgeon will be able determine the cause of nasal congestion.  Make sure any allergies are well controlled.  Any functional breathing issues are usually submitted to the patient’s medical insurance for coverage, while any cosmetic surgery is paid for by the patient.