My Septum is Not Straight... What Procedure Can Fix This? Would I Need a Nose Job?

What pain medicines were you taking and for what?  What do you take now to control the pain.  Did you use other products that were nasl sprays such as afrin.  It sounds like a septal perforation that will surgical correction.

It is normal to have some bulid up of blood and crusting.You should check with your surgeon. I close the incisions and I give instructions to my patients to use hydrogen soaked Q-tips to gently soak and clean the incision followed by placing bacitracin antibiotic ointment to the area.Hope this...

If the septoplasty has failed, you and your doctor will have realize this within a few weeks. Not so for success. The nasal breathing can continue to improve for several months. However there should be a notiable difference within several weeks.

In some patients, a deviated septum can affect the external appearance of the nose. That being said, correction of the septum with a septoplasty procedure is usually only performed for nasal breathing problems or a recent injury. Most insurers will argue that injuries to the nose that happened...

The recovery for septoplasty is less time than for rhinoplasty.  Our patients find that the first week has the most discomfort after septoplasty only because of packing with stents to keep the airway open and keep things stable while you're healing.  Once the stents come out (usually in 7 d...

 There are 3 sets of turbinates on each side of the nose. These are the superior, middle, and inferior turbinates. The inferior turbinates of the only ones that are operated upon for airflow obstruction in the nose. The turbinates are fingerlike projections on the inside of the nose warm and ...