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Can you reverse a columella retraction suture procedure? (Photos)

Dazzling1375May 16, 2019
I did NOT ask for my columella to be reduced or even know it would be. I now have a flat, short tip, my columella is completely retracted with 0 show and my infratip lobule is gone. I’m one month out of a functional septorhinoplasty. The sutures are so tight I can’t move my lip and I am constantly I. Pain at the base of my columella. Is there a way to reverse this and get me looking pre-op again?

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