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Rhinoplasty - Smiling is Difficult After Resecting the Depressor Septi Muscle

Name: Rhinoplasty - Smiling is Difficult After Resecting the Depressor Septi Muscle
Item: Edgar Villalobos Ochoa in Playa del Carmen and Cancun
Author: southseasstar

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I had my rhinoplasty 2 days ago. One of the...

southseasstarJuly 25, 2009

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I had my rhinoplasty 2 days ago. One of the procedures was resecting the depressor septi muscle. Needless to say I can't move my upper lip... and I noticed one of my cousins who also had a rhinoplasty years ago sometimes has a smile similar to Batman's Joker's.

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Edgar Villalobos Ochoa in Playa del Carmen and Cancun

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UPDATED FROM southseasstar

I just realized that the pain I had started to...

southseasstarJuly 26, 2009

I just realized that the pain I had started to feel yesterday inside my upper lip may be due to a possible frenulum incission. I am really upset about this since I told the doctor very clearly that i didn't want to change my smile. In case he did make the incision, is there anyway i will recover my smile? will I need another surgery to stitch the frenulum together?

Could the pain be due to an injection in the upper lip as opposed to an incission? Omg, I am really freaking out now... :(

Will I ever have my old smile back?

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divineoverlord

August 3, 2009

Greetings, I had my first Rhinoplasty surgery on 7-24-09 and i feared about not getting my smile back as well. However, the fibers that lift up the upper lip are usually cut during a Rhinoplasty surgery and my doctor said that the fibers will reconnect and be completely healed on its own. Thus, returning the smile. :D it usually takes up to 2-3 weeks to heal.

May london

August 5, 2009

when i had my rhino done a couple of months ago, i couldnt smile either, nor could i brush my upper teeth properly. it was even difficult to use words with the letter 'f' properly (inconvenient, considering that i was unimpressed with my new nose). But i can do all three with so much ease now. good luck

UPDATED FROM southseasstar

Hello again, I am now at day 17, dressing is...

southseasstarAugust 9, 2009

Hello again,

I am now at day 17, dressing is off and has been for 2 days... My question at this point is -since I am really worried- will the width from the top to the middle area narrow down still a bit? soon or ever at all? I used to have a hump, so I got the hump removed and the tip lifted. It was lifted little too much to my taste,but I think I will survive :)

My other concern is that my columnella seems to hang a little. Will this go away?

I have read many reviews from patients who at two weeks love their noses. I definitely can not say that. I feel like I look like some sort of small felline type of creature...

I know this question has been asked before but I also noticed no one mentioned the procedure. So, my question is... will I smile again like i used to? My smile was so often praised. I hope I didn't exchange a charming natural smile for a better looking nose :( I want my smile back.

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abra

August 16, 2009

yeah i was very worried about my smile staying the same after surgery...the first month after surgery i could barely move my upper lip from all the swelling the 2nd and 3rd months although i could move my upper lip a bit more i had felt that my smile had changed but now it's about 6 months and i feel like my smile is back...sso hopefully no worries

yannis

November 22, 2009

hello! 7 weeks after my surgery i am experiencing the exact same problems as you been having. hpw has this worked out for you ?

pearley

December 16, 2009

you are only 17 days in on the last pic and you already look that great?! i definitely think there is still a lot of swelling to go down, i am convinced your nose will be perfect in a few months, congratulations!

southseasstar

April 20, 2010

Thank you all that posted their encouraging comments. It has now been 9 months and my smile is back. I'm still slightly suspicious that it is not quite exactly the same but maybe those are just tricks of my mind. I am satisfied with the results although not 100%, let´s say 98%. I am glad I went for it. I must say that, in photograph my nose still looks wide, but now I have learned to use some tricks of make up to make it look narrower in pics ;)