Hi, I play football and I'm getting a functional septorhinoplasty with alar batten grafts and tip graft. I was wondering what would happen if after everything's healed, a year or so down the line, I got hit with an elbow or something. Would I be able to fix the septum again? And would the cartilage added shift? If so could it be repositioned or removed?
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Hello, It is possible to have a limited revision surgery to correct the nasal tip( tip plasty). The surgery can focus on the nasal tip only, therefore it will not be as extensive as your primary rhinoplasty
Good Afternoon! There are definitely options to improve your nasal appearance. 4 years is a long time to wait for changes. I tell my rhinoplasty patients that 1 - 1.5 year is when a majority of change is seen. To help with the flatness, more grafting may be needed to project the nose. This...
