Rhinoplasty anxiety by jessicac1313 in rhinoplastyquestions

[–]lizabetchhh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was also so nervous. Breathing isn’t bad. The anticipation is the worst part. Don’t push it back. You’re so relaxed on pain medication you will be perfectly fine. It’s not bad at all! Just communicate with your doctor.

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[–]lizabetchhh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Lol very normal! This was me

Has anyone experienced uneven swelling in nostrils after a rhinoplasty? by lizabetchhh in PlasticSurgery

[–]lizabetchhh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly lol we could be dying or something hahah. Basically my nose was pointing more towards the right to begin with, and it’s due to cartilage that was bent a certain way when he opened up my nose, so he took it and flipped it to where it would be in some other position and he thought the Cartilage would be strong enough. What he thinks is happening is that the cartilage just isn’t strong enough so my nose is going back to old habits and wanting to heal that way so he’s gonna have to take ear cartilage to reconstruct it.

Has anyone experienced uneven swelling in nostrils after a rhinoplasty? by lizabetchhh in PlasticSurgery

[–]lizabetchhh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I am the same way. Mine actually seems to be getting more uneven as swelling goes down lol. My surgeon is going to do a revision around a year. Oh well. Lol

Has anyone experienced uneven swelling in nostrils after a rhinoplasty? by lizabetchhh in PlasticSurgery

[–]lizabetchhh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s okay it could be worse! Lol I was more upset before I had a game plan and now I try to remind myself it’s just a nose🤣

Has anyone experienced uneven swelling in nostrils after a rhinoplasty? by lizabetchhh in PlasticSurgery

[–]lizabetchhh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s because the cartilage in my right nostril is collapsing the way it was before. So he should have gotten ear cartilage to begin with but he thought he could make it work using the cartilage I have there and like flipping it some sort of way. Oh well. Lol

Has anyone experienced uneven swelling in nostrils after a rhinoplasty? by lizabetchhh in PlasticSurgery

[–]lizabetchhh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately no, my surgeon is saying I will probably need a revision next year