I had Rhinoplasty to remove hump on my nose and to make the tip of my nose smaller. I still have a small bump. The doctor said it should go down but he looked very unsure. How long will it take for the bump to go down?
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You should be cautions about taking medications, ointments and lotionsother than those directly prescribed by your surgeon. Your doctor knows your condition best, and can thus best recommend what approach to take should your nose job not be healing as planned. For the most part, however, it is...
The topic and operation "rhinoplasty" (nose job) is quite complex. There are different schools of thought. A lot of rhinoplasty techniques weaken the structural framework of the nose, possibly leading to cosmetic and functional problems of the nose in the long-run. It is therefore essential that...
It is hard to tell early on whether this is permanent or part of healing.
Bone heals by forming what is called a callus, which is a thick deposit of bone materials. This callus will feel like bone to the patient. Over time, however, the callus gets replaced with normal, smoother bone. This...