On Aug. 30, I had a septoplasty with turbinate reduction. I am now 10 months post-op and very regretful. I loved my nose before and now I cry every single day because I hate it. It is so huge and has no shape compared to my old nose. The sides of it bulge out. I was told I would be fully healed by at most a year post-op but my nose is looking otherwise. Is there anything I can do? Did my surgery go wrong?
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Answer: The appearance of someone's nose typically does not change after septoplasty surgery.
Whenever somebody has alternation in their breathing, that is usually due to a turbinate problem. Turbinates are organs in the nose that filter and humidify the air, and they may change in size depending upon the environment you are in or from other stimuli like cold and heat. If you cannot get...
Hello, hope you are well. Your question can be separated into a few parts. On a technical level, you are interested in changing your surgery from a septoplasty to a septorhinoplasty. You will want to do the procedures at the same time for a number of good reasons (consolidating recovery time,...
What is causing your crooked nose and what can be done to correct it? you are correct that the root cause of your crooked nose is a deviated septum. The correction of a crooked nose involves a procedure called a septoRhinoplasty. This can be done either open or closed depending on the experience...
