I was using tweezers to remove some mucous after washing with saline did nothing, and accidentally scratched my septum. There was momentary pain, but there is none now. Its bleeding a little (like a small paper cut). There was no surgery on my septal cartilage. Have I damaged anything? I rubbed antibiotic ointment on the scratch just in case, and have decided to leave it be.
Hi! I'm almost a year post op- I know everyone says at a year you're fully healed but I still swell a lot. My question is, is it okay to aggressively scratch your nose at 12 months post op? I get itching dry skin when it gets cold and I've been waking up to find myself scratching pretty hard on my nose. Will this do any damage/ change appearance, etc? Thanks!
Hey doctors. I keep overthinking a lot and this has been stressing me out and giving me a lot of anxiety. I know that I only have an L strut left and am just concerned how well connected it is without becoming loose. If it is so easy to harvest cartilage maybe it can become loose easily especially because there in only a very small amount at the caudal area. Sometimes I have to itch my nose inside with my finer gently and am nervous the septum will become loose...It really concerns me?
It seems like there's a lot of questions from patients worried about compromising their rhinoplasty results. I share a lot of those anxieties. After a small brush or light itch I think I've annihlated my nose. But a rhinoplasty has to be much more durable than that, right? Prolonging swelling is one thing, but altering the results/new shape of the nose has to be pretty noticeable. What are the telltale signs that you've ruined your rhinoplasty? (I'm 1 1/2 weeks post tip-plasty & I gotta relax)
i was laying on my stomach and moved my hand quickly and my thumb scratched the bridge of my nose and the skin was bleeding a little. will this affect my rhinoplasty result 11 weeks after rhinoplasty?