During my rhinoplasty 3 months ago my left nasal bone "cracked" or "caved in" during surgery. I have been left with a very crooked, asymmetric nose from the front. Is there a way to fix this to restore how straight my nose used to be? My right nasal bone seems to have healed very wide as well. It protrudes. My surgeon says a revision to fix this may only make thinks worse. I'm feeling very hopeless. I didn't want how I looked from the front to change and this has ruined everything.
Answer: Revision rhinoplasty for a crooked nose A revision rhinoplasty can accomplish straightening of the crooked nose. To straighten the crooked nasal bones requires osteotomies placed in the them. Sometimes, patients also require a spreader graft placed underneath a concave upper lateral cartilage in the mid-portion of the nose. Digital computer imaging would be helpful to understand what can be accomplished with your nose upon your facial features. For many examples of crooked nose repair in our practice, please see link and the video below
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Answer: Revision rhinoplasty for a crooked nose A revision rhinoplasty can accomplish straightening of the crooked nose. To straighten the crooked nasal bones requires osteotomies placed in the them. Sometimes, patients also require a spreader graft placed underneath a concave upper lateral cartilage in the mid-portion of the nose. Digital computer imaging would be helpful to understand what can be accomplished with your nose upon your facial features. For many examples of crooked nose repair in our practice, please see link and the video below
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February 29, 2016
Answer: Rhinoplasty At 3 months you are too early to have a revision. You will have to wait at least one year after surgery to allow for swelling to subside. Best of luck.
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February 29, 2016
Answer: Rhinoplasty At 3 months you are too early to have a revision. You will have to wait at least one year after surgery to allow for swelling to subside. Best of luck.
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February 29, 2016
Answer: Rhinoplasty Yes I can correct it !.A collapsed nasal bone can be corrected, and the npse deviation van be corrected and the tip better refined
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February 29, 2016
Answer: Rhinoplasty Yes I can correct it !.A collapsed nasal bone can be corrected, and the npse deviation van be corrected and the tip better refined
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February 29, 2016
Answer: Revising a collapsed nasal bone after rhinoplasty Revision rhinoplasty is all about restoring structure and support. A collapsed nasal bridge may be repaired by placing visible spreader grafts and coverage with overlying diced cartilage grafts. This will both restore a smooth aesthetic contour for top and front of the nose and ensure that your breathing is not compromised. However, it is important to allow enough time for the nose to heal from the first procedure before having revision. 3 months is still too soon for a revision. I usually recommend a full year or at least six months of recovery before revision. In the mean time, if the deformity is obvious, it can be temporarily corrected and hidden with an injectable filler.
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February 29, 2016
Answer: Revising a collapsed nasal bone after rhinoplasty Revision rhinoplasty is all about restoring structure and support. A collapsed nasal bridge may be repaired by placing visible spreader grafts and coverage with overlying diced cartilage grafts. This will both restore a smooth aesthetic contour for top and front of the nose and ensure that your breathing is not compromised. However, it is important to allow enough time for the nose to heal from the first procedure before having revision. 3 months is still too soon for a revision. I usually recommend a full year or at least six months of recovery before revision. In the mean time, if the deformity is obvious, it can be temporarily corrected and hidden with an injectable filler.
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Answer: Rhinoplasty Dear alli_104, Thank you for your clinical post and photographs. It does appear from the photographs that there is a sidewall, collapse or indentation and this is a known complication of a reduction rhinoplasty surgery. Three months is too early for revision, however, a soft tissue filler injectable in the area of the collapse and on the bridge can camouflage this nicely. Injectable rhinoplasty following surgical rhinoplasty, camouflage raised, elevated nasal bones or collapsed nasal bones during the healing phase. As the injectable lasts 7 or 8 months by the time the injectable is gone you would be in a post-operative state that would facilitate surgical revision. Generally, surgical revision revolves refracturing the nasal bones and outfracturing them or reducing the collapse and generally this is successful. A visit with your plastic surgeon to discuss these issues or another plastic surgeon that can offer some alternatives is likely your next best choice. I hope this information is of some assistance and best of luck. To find out more, please visit the link below. Also visit the areas on rhinoplasty. R. Stephen Mulholland, M.D. Certified Plastic Surgeon Yorkville, Toronto
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Answer: Rhinoplasty Dear alli_104, Thank you for your clinical post and photographs. It does appear from the photographs that there is a sidewall, collapse or indentation and this is a known complication of a reduction rhinoplasty surgery. Three months is too early for revision, however, a soft tissue filler injectable in the area of the collapse and on the bridge can camouflage this nicely. Injectable rhinoplasty following surgical rhinoplasty, camouflage raised, elevated nasal bones or collapsed nasal bones during the healing phase. As the injectable lasts 7 or 8 months by the time the injectable is gone you would be in a post-operative state that would facilitate surgical revision. Generally, surgical revision revolves refracturing the nasal bones and outfracturing them or reducing the collapse and generally this is successful. A visit with your plastic surgeon to discuss these issues or another plastic surgeon that can offer some alternatives is likely your next best choice. I hope this information is of some assistance and best of luck. To find out more, please visit the link below. Also visit the areas on rhinoplasty. R. Stephen Mulholland, M.D. Certified Plastic Surgeon Yorkville, Toronto
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