Septo/Rhinoplasty with Turbinate Reduction - Aurora, CO
I had a septo/rhinoplasty with a turbinate...
I had a septo/rhinoplasty with a turbinate reduction 6 weeks ago. I had a deviated septum, nasal valve collapse and enlarged turbinates which disabled me to breathe thru my nose. After years of treating it like allergies, i finally decided to go to an ENT specialist to get a second opinion on what was actually going on.
Finally, I was diagnosed properly and was suggested to have surgery to fix my deviated septum, turbinate reduction and the nasal valve collapse.
I had an open rhinoplasty with extensive grafting to prevent the collapse and support my native nasal cartilages . Along with that I decided to get my nasal hump reduced and my surgeon suggest a slight deprojection of my nose since it was disproportionately long for my face.
This whole process has been a crazy roller coaster for me. The recovery was hard especially the first 4 days post-op; then once the cast was removed it was even worse for me.
My nose was huge, swollen and lacked definition. No matter how much I had prepared myself for this, apparently it wasn't enough! I hated looking at myself in the mirror (especially the front). I LOVED my profile though! it looked beautiful without the nasal hump!
Throughout the weeks everyday was different, one day my nose seemed crooked the next day a dent would form, etc.
Till this day (6 weeks later) I have days where my nose looks more swollen than the day before. I am trying to hang in there and be patient (like my doc keeps on telling me) but it has been very hard!
Overall, for now i am VERY happy with my decision to get this done. There is NO price i can put on being able to breath thru my nose! :-) it feels amazing!!! Also my sense of smell has increased x100!
I still think there is still quite a bit of swelling in my tip area due to the amount of grafting and maneuvers that were performed.
But just to give you an idea i attached a before and after pic of my profile view.
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Didn't work out the way it was supposed to...
Was left with A bunch of scar tissue, pollybeak deformity, inverted V and hanging columella.
Had a revision done 5yeras later by a diff doctor and love the results now! See my other review for review and before and after pix!
Your results are gorgeous! I'm sorry you had such a hard time breathing before this, but glad you were able to get it fixed. Thank you so much for sharing your very thorough and interesting story and photos.