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Rhinoplasty and its effects on eyes?

lolaC07May 25, 2015
I had rhinoplasty just over 2 months ago (9 weeks) and the swelling around my nose and eyes got pretty bad, but now Its been 2 months and a lot of it has gone down around my eyes and Ive started to notice that my eyes have started to look odd, I look cross eyed. This wasnt a problem before the rhinoplasty so I was wondering whether this was due to swelling or if something went wrong? Im really worried about this . Also if they are going cross eyes, can prism glasses amend this?

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