I had my initial rhinoplasty in 2010. After, my nose had a lot of asymmetry and after 5 years there was a piece of cartilage poking me and I was getting random nose bleeds. I had a revision 11 months ago and stressed that I wanted to look like me. The day of surgery the doctor told me he was going to raise my bridge, I could have walked out and not got my money back, but I chose to stay. I look like a completely different person, and not in a good way, and my nostril collapses when I exercise.
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The very nicely posted photos demonstrate a rotated cartilage graft or cartilage lower medial alar cartilage. Easiest to try HA filler injections done ONLY by the surgeon or another expert surgeon who injects! Otherwise only additional tip surgery with cartilage diced grafting can improve. Good...
Hello @JsJ1213, thank you for your question. It is important that you see a different specialist such as a dermatologist, because this type of changes when associated with skin may belong to other types of pathologies not necessarily the previous surgery. Best wishes! Alan Gonzalez MD, FACS....
Thank you for your question and photos. It’s important to know how long ago your rhinoplasty procedure was performed to make a proper assessment. It’s not uncommon for surgeons to over-rotate the nose tip upward since it generally drops as the nose begins to heal. Without this step, it's pos...
