When my internal splints were in, my left one slipped down or repositioned itself and I feel like that is what caused so much crookedness in my nose. I realize there is swelling but a lot of it has subsided. It seems to MOSTLY just be in the tip of my nose. Did I have a botched rhinoplasty?! My nose was NOT this crooked before surgery
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Noses are frequently the recipient of trauma, and injury. Sometimes a blow to the nose is strong enough to fracture the bones and displace the septum. When this happens the nose may look ‘crooked’ and the airway may worsen. An evaluation with an experienced physician/surgeon can help dete...
As we age, the nose, like a lot of other things, tends to drop, so you may see that it appears elongated. Also, the chin may appear less prominent as our cheeks drop "around" it. These changes occur over years not over one year and the deviated septum shouldn't have anything to do with the droop...
Thank you for your question.To narrow a wide nose at the alar base requires an alartomy. To narrow wide nasal bones requires lateral osteotomies. To correct a bulbous tip requires the resection of cartilage from the lower lateral cartilages and the use of sutures; this however can have a limited...
