My surgeon said he did not shorten my nose (septum) but after the surgery my nose looks shorter. 11 weeks later it is even shorten than 2 weeks after surgery. Can this in theory be true? What can cause the nose to shorten during the healing phase?
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Hello and thank you for your question and the pictures. You actually have a difficult problem. To properly address your nose and improve your facial balance, you would need an open septorhinoplasty with lengthening of your nose to improve the overall harmony of your different facial features and...
The easiest way to determine if somebody has a deviated nasal septum is to examine them in person. Sometimes the deviated nasal septum can cause a deviation of the nasal tip. And sometimes this can be seen in the base view of the nose. Unfortunately, the photographs that you posted are blurry on...
If you don't have any trouble breathing through your nose, and if your goal is to just repair the indentation along your right nasal sidewall, depending on your examination, microdroplet Silikon-1000 injections may be considered for permanently achieving a straighter nasal appearance. Thank you...
