I am a 24 year old male who has been having significant breathing issues in my nose; I believe it is related to maxillary hypoplasia and a deviated septum. I want to get a lefort 1 for CCR to improve my maxillary sinus along with a septoplasty to correct the deviated septum. I recently got a CT scan and was wondering if these procedures are recommended based on my results and if insurance could potentially cover both procedures done at once by a CranioFacial surgeon.
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The first thing that I would recommend is that you see an ENT doctor who specializes in sinus issues known as a rhinologist. That physician will spend time to determine whether or not you have sinusitis and whether or not it's truly chronic. There's a lot more to know before one could answer...
In short, yes. Septal piercings are performed through the membranous portion of the septum (unless you are having something extreme/unusual being done).
As long as you are going to an experienced piercer, you should be fine and not disrupt the cartilaginous portion of the septum at all.
Septoplasty alone is unlikely to remedy this situation. You definitely need to see a surgeon well-versed in rhinoplasty. Given your history of trauma and breathing issues, I suspect that you may have disrupted some of the cartilaginous attachments in your nose and may require more than just a...