I've been cleaning my nose with a q-tip gently inside around the tip, typically with nasal saline spray diluted with hydrogen peroxide to clean up the dried blood / crusts. I went up a little high a couple times because there was a big blood clot.. I try to be careful and gentle but I was wondering if I could possibly be damaging anything? I haven't gotten any alarming pain, bleeding or anything. My Dr. didn't really mention a q-tip but he did say to rinse with nasal saline spray.
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Hi, and thanks for your question. You are in the early phase of your healing process. Swelling in your tip will decrease with time. But I think you will need revision rhinoplasty. You should wait one yer after your operations to see the your final result. You can realize other problems in...
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I am sorry to hear your unsatisfactory result from your previous rhinoplasty. There are various materials used for rhinoplasty: an artificial implant is a simple way to use for rhinoplasty but has higher rate of infections. If you are...
It looks like you have some supra tip swelling but I would not call this a polly beak deformity. It might be due to somescar tissue, in which case kenalog injsections done carefully could help. It could also be due to the dorsal septum being left a little high. You need to see an exprienced...
