1 year post op - will this bump eventually go down? (photos)

That one year your results are final and this is the outcome of your procedure. To make an accurate assessment regarding the outcome of any plastic surgery procedure we need to see a complete set of proper before and after pictures. If you don’t have before and after pictures, then ask your surgeon to forward the pictures they took.
If you’re unhappy with the outcome of the procedure, and your surgeon, isn’t willing to address your concerns, then consider having a few in person second opinion consultations.Rhinoplasty surgery is highly complex and individuals thinking this type of surgery should be highly selective when choosing providers.
Secondary rhinoplasty or revision rhinoplasty, surgery is far more difficult and complex than primary liposuction making it a procedure that should be done by those who have extensive qualifications. Ideally look for plastic surgeons, who have strong emphasis with a proven track record doing rhinoplasty surgery or preferably focus their career exclusively on rhinoplasty surgery.
The following are some general guidelines for finding the right provider.
To find the best provider, I suggest patient schedule multiple in person consultations with experienced plastic surgeons in their community. During each consultation, ask each provider to open up their portfolio and show you their entire collection of before and after pictures of previous patients who have similar body or facial characteristics to your own. An experienced plastic surgeon should have no difficulty showing you the before and after pictures of at least 50 previous patients. An experienced provider should in fact have hundreds or preferably thousands of before and after pictures to choose from for commonly performed procedures.
Being shown a handful of preselected images, representing the best results of a provider’s career is insufficient to get a clear understanding of what average results will look like in the hands of each provider.
There is no correct number of consultations needed to find the best provider. The more consultations you scheduled the more likely you are to find the best provider for your needs.
Take careful notes during each consultation, especially regarding the quantity and quality of before and after pictures. It’s not a bad idea to bring pictures of your own body/face to use as reference when reviewing before and after pictures.
The biggest mistake patients make is scheduling only one consultation without properly vetting or comparing providers before scheduling surgery.
Best,
Mats Hagstrom, MD