Are there any non-invasive procedures that can help with an indent from a rhinoplasty? (Photo)

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I went to Turkey to get a rhinoplasty with Dr. Yusuf Orhan and it turned out to be a mistake. I was left with some issues, biggest one being a huge indent on the side of one of my nostrils. It started off small & got progressively worse. It's very noticable and I don't know what to do about it. Someone told me it looks like I was left with a deformed nose, but I don't know enough about the procedure to know for sure why my nose ended up the way it did. Are there any non-invasive procedures that could be done to fix the appearence of my nose? I never had any issues with my nose prior to the surgery.

Eric M. Joseph, MD · Answer

Based on what we can see, your alarplasty scar on the right side is a bit distracting. Depending on your examination, this would likely require an in-office scar revision type procedure that may not necessitate general anesthetic. Please consider meeting with several reputable rhinoplasty specialists so you could see what might be best for you moving forward. I hope this helps. Sincerely, Dr Joseph

Jeffrey H. Spiegel, MD · Answer

You had your nostrils reduced and that is likely a scar from that part.  We can do a scar reduction / improvement in the office likely to help with that.

Richard G. Reish, MD, FACS · Answer

Hello and thank you for your question. It would be helpful to see pictures of your entire nose. Most likely this may require a revision. I recommend that you seek consultation with a qualified board-certified rhinoplasty surgeon who can evaluate you in person.

Best wishes and good luck.

Richard G. Reish, M.D.
Harvard-trained plastic surgeon

Best wishes and good luck.

Richard G. Reish, M.D.
Harvard-trained plastic surgeon

Mats Hagstrom, MD (license on probation) · Answer

It looks like tissue was removed in an inappropriate location during your procedure.
I have no idea why a plastic surgeon would make the cut in that location.
I think this is going to be very difficult to improve it.
I don’t think non-surgical options are going to be helpful and I think surgical options are going to be challenging as well.
I wish I could be more optimistic, and maybe there are other plastic surgeons out there who feel more optimistic about the ability to improve this.
 If tissue was inappropriately removed, then correcting the problem needs to be based on restoring that tissue, which is very difficult to based on the shape in the area. 
To start with you should get a complete collection of before and after pictures.
If you don’t have before, and after pictures to ask your surgeon to forward the pictures they took, and
Maybe the surgeon never took after pictures if you didn’t follow up with them?
I generally do not recommend people travel long distances for elective surgical procedures.
Surgery is best done locally.
Best,
Mats Hagstrom MD

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