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Nose Re-Surgery@rhino-redo

Day 9 swelling after silicone removal and revision nasal tip surgery with autologous costal cartilage

14 years ago, I had my first surgery with silicone in the nasal bridge and septal cartilage plus ear cartilage in the nasal tip, but over time the nasal tip drooped a lot and became upturned, so last week I had the silicone removed and had only the nasal tip revised with autologous costal cartilage. I’m on day 9 now, and the nasal tip still feels hard and swollen. When I lightly tap it, it also feels somewhat numb. It’s possible to have this much nasal tip swelling on day 9, right? Also, the inside of my nose still stings and throbs ㅠㅠ The reason I’m anxious is that they said when suturing inside the left side of my nose, there wasn’t enough skin, so they grafted skin from behind my ear, and because of that…

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