Septorhinoplasty - Mobile, AL

I am still healing but doing very well. Applying make-up or washing my face I still have to be very gentle around the nose area, especially the tip. The left side is still numb and wearing sunglasses still bothers me a little, so I don't wear them but for short periods of time. Ocasionally, I notice it swells a little still, so I back off salty foods. I can breathe very well through both nares, so thankful for that. Another positive is that I feel better about my overal facial appearance. I have always disliked my flat forhead but now my profile isn't so bad (in my opinion). The nose changed the way I see myself- now I don't notice the flat forehead so much . I am very happy that I had the procedure- definitely worth it!

Just had my 3 week follow up visit and was put at ease about some of my worries thank goodness. I have been having a few issues that needed to be discusaed with mu doctor. The first was that I have been worried I wasn't healing normally since I can feel my nose moving(painfully) when moving, walking, chewing especially. My nose starts to throb and swell when I eat anything that involves a lot of chewing. Secondly, I had a stitch sticking out of the inside of the left nostril that was quite painful. Lastly, this is quite gross- I have been noticing a bad odor that is coming from inside my nose! Ewwww! At first, I thought it was the qtips I was cleaning it with but realized the inside of my nose stinks!!!

The doctor made me feel so much better. The movement is normal since the the bones were broken and are not completely healed yet and most importantly moving or chewing isn't going to damage the result of the nose. The stitch came out on its own and wasn't infected and the bad odor he said was normal. He said lots of other patients noticed the same odor but others( besides the patient) could not smell it! Ah, relief! The odor is caused from old blood/scabs in the nose.

I can deal with all of it as long as its normal and healing fine! I don't have to follow up anymore except as needed.

Each day it gets a little better but this is such an incredibly slow healing process. When washing my face or applying make-up, I have to be light as a feather because I can barely stand to touch the nose or apply any pressure at all. Thank God for make-up brushes. I wonder if it is normal that it feels like the nose moves or shift when changing positions? If I try to lay on my side on the recliner it feels like my nose weighs 5lbs and is shifting to the side, it's so uncomfortable that I have to keep my head straight. The swelling is still pretty bad- in fact the front view looks large and bulbous like before. Today it has been especially swollen. I have been cleaning my nose out with h2o2/ Q-tips several times a day to keep it clear enough to breathe out of it.

Hopeful that by next week the tenderness and swelling will be a lot less.