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

It appears you may have a perforated septum. The nasal septum is a sheet of cartilage and bone that separates the nasal cavity into a right and left side. A hole or perforation can develop in this sheet which allows air to travel abnormally between the passages. Small holes or perforations...

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...

The nasal turbinates are bony structures covered by a mucous membrane lining the inside of the nose.  There are 3-4 turbinates on each side of the nose (inferior, middle, superior, and sometimes supreme).  Generally, the inferior turbinate is the most common of these to contribute to nasal obs...