How Does Septal/Rib Cartilage Feel Post-op?

First of all you need to go in and see your surgeon immediately and probably have an intravenous dose of zofran and some zofran tablets. If you are taking pain medications or any other medications that may be causing the nausea these need to be stopped. The vomiting itself will not hurt your...

Please allow more healing time up to three months. Sometimes the swelling does not permit the upper lip to elevate while smiling. I doubt this is permanent but I can not in person examine you. 

If you are having significant nasal obstruction three months after rhinoplasty, you should get repeat evaluation by your original surgeon.  You might also want to consider a second opinion from someone with ENT (otolaryngology) training who can give you an unbiased opinion on what is...

After four weeks your nose is well healed and you should be able to participate in non contact sports, and the roller coaster if you wish. I have not heard of any bloody noses from the roller coaster and you should be fine. Best of luck, peterejohnsonmd

From what you describe, temporal fascia (soft tissue that overlies the temporal muscles) was harvested and wrapped around the ear cartilage in the hope of smoothing out the cartilage and perhaps help it to last longer.  I am not a huge fan of ear cartilage, as it can resorb, usually quicker...

This does appear to be primarily due to excess caudal septum and could be manged by trimmin that area. If the medial crura did not retract up then you might need some "tongue in groove" fixation as well to set the alar columella ratio.  See how it looks on your whole face with...