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Functional Nasal Septal Reconstruction - Miami, FL
UPDATED FROM MissPerez
1 month post
Does new tip look longer???
WORTH IT
Looks weird to me.
Before & After pics
Before & After pics
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UPDATED FROM MissPerez
1 month post
5 weeks
I'm grateful that I can breathe. But still feels swollen on the inside. Stitches are still very much there. A big long one came loose and I had to snip it. Getting boogers out is practically a surgical procedure. I use saline to loosen them up and use sterile tweezers to pull them out. Then I use peroxide soaked w tips after and neosporin. It's awful. The tip of my nose is really hard where before it was flexible. I also think the tip is longer than it was before? Strange. But ultimately I can breathe which was my goal so I'm :)
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UPDATED FROM MissPerez
28 days post
Front view (the pig nose)
Front view. This one I don't particularly like. But again, whatever. Can't get my old nose back :-/
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November 9, 2013
No, not a pig nose. You can't see up your nostrils. Plus you are only 28 days post op so you have a lot of swelling. Drink a lot of pineapple juice & get some arnica montana. That will help with the swelling too. Sleep with your head elevated on several pillows. You will be happy with your new nose.
November 9, 2013
Really?? You think it's still swollen after 4 weeks? Te inside definitely is but I didn't think the outside was. That's a relief. How long before the inside won't hurt you think? They opened it up and did a LOT of work in there. & thanks for the encouragement!!
November 9, 2013
Hey Miss Perez: If you had a 5 hour surgery you had a LOT of work done. It looks like you had an open surgery where they cut under your collumella and flipped back the skin so they can see the internal part of the nose. That is what causes the intense swelling for so long. The tip will be swollen the longest because swelling gets better from the top down. The tip is the last place on the nose along with the columella so the swelling (fluid) has no where to go (drain). You can have swelling up to a year to 18 months. A large % of the swelling will be gone before that time but not all of it. Some days your nose won't look too swollen, then bam, the next day it will. Don't eat too much salty food because that will make swelling worse. I am about 9 months from a tip revision. I had ear cartilage put in my tip too. After about 6 months everything felt back to normal, no pain or stiffness. When everything gets soft again & flexible, it will quit hurting.
If everything is hard, that is swelling & swelling is inside & out. Be patient, I can see through your swelling and you will have a great result.
Maybellineo
November 9, 2013
ditto. true true true. I will be grateful (I hope) to swell a bitaafter my revision bc at least I will have a bridge!
November 9, 2013
OMG yes! The tip is super hard and awkward feeling! The columella is numb still. The stitches are still really prevalent and bothersome, and though I feel my nasal passages are clear it is still swollen on the inside and difficult to breathe sometimes. You're right about salt that's what the dr told me. & Yes I did have a lot of work done. I had a disaster in there. Thanks for the pointers, I really appreciate it!!!!
November 9, 2013
Your new nose looks amazing! And so glad that it is working as well as it looks- you hit the jackpot! congrats
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