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Can shoving Q-tips up the nose fix a deviated septum?

prombom17May 26, 2014
I have a deviated septum and was googling it. I don't want to get surgery (and I trust you surgeons to answer this honestly) could I fix my deviated septum with a Q-tip? I heard some boxers talking about how they broke their noses and stuck q-tips up their nose at night and eventually were able to breathe again...without surgery. Is this possible? Don't lie just because you want money from patients getting a septoplasty

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