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Can touching your nose after rhinoplasty affect your results?

Hawaii31Nov 4, 2017
I had an open rinoplasty to reduce the tip of my nose, make it more narrow and remove the hump. I have a huge habit of touching my Nose and squeezing the blackheads. It is now 3 weeks after surgery and I noticed one side of my Nasal tip is bigger than the other side. And a bit crooked. Did this affect my results. I’m very afraid it did.

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