So it has been about 3 months since my surgery. For a few weeks I have been picking my nose, I'm not talking about hanging boogers, I mean digging up like as high as I can go! Is that bad? It feels like my nose has been getting stuffier, but it might be because I've been out of sinus irrigator stuff so my nose has been dry. I get a little bit of dried blood when picking. I go as high up as my finger will go to get the dried boogers. What negative effects can that have?
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At age 38, adenoids are usually long since disappeared. Most tonsils at that age are also very small and usually inconsequential. It is rare to perform a tonsil and adenoidectomy on somebody at age 38. Allergies in the nose are not treated with a tonsillectomy or an adenoidectomy. Alle...
The best answer is never! Use this opportunity to help you quit. There is no scientific data regarding nicotine and healing from septoplasty, but we do know that nicotine (even in its pure form) has many other harmful effects in the body.
Every surgery facility will have a different policy for earrings and surgery. I would recommend contacting the nurse manage or charge nurse of your surgery center or hospital to ask about their policy.Best Wishes
