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Can smiling damage the results of the Rhinoplasty?

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george1983Dec 19, 2010

i recently underwent rhinoplasty ( 2 weeks ago) to fix a deviated septum. sometimes something funny makes me laugh and then i smile and it really hurts my nose. can smiling damamge the results of the rhinoplasty?

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