Posts by Michael Cruz9

I had my deviated septum surgery about a month ago.
I’ve still got a few stitches near the tip of my nose and around the nostrils. My doctor told me they’d just fall out on their own, but since they’re still hanging on, I was wondering—how long does it usually take for them to drop?
They feel kind of stiff and scratchy, which gets pretty annoying sometimes.

Overall, things have gone pretty smoothly, except for the fact that the tip of my nose is still sore if I touch it. But from what I've gathered, can that sensitivity actually last for months?

Also, for anyone wondering if you can get cosmetic work done for free:
Besides the deviated septum and breathing issues, I ended up with this tiny little bump as a souvenir from a broken nose.
My surgeon at the local hospital told me they could have easily fixed that earlier without any issues, but apparently, they recently received new orders (maybe budget cuts?) saying they can't do that anymore. Now, they only operate on actual medical necessities, and if you want something aesthetic, you have to go private.
I don't want to discourage anyone, and I'm sure there are still ways to work around the rules and chat with a doctor like people used to, but I just wanted to share what I was told.

Donna Johnson16 said:There’s no such thing as an "average." It really just comes down to you and your doctor—whatever you two decide works best for you.

So, when we're talking about aesthetics, we're strictly looking at fixing how the nose looks—nothing to do with breathing issues like a deviated septum or anything like that. Just purely cosmetic, you know?

The actual cause of the functional issue—whether we're talking about a broken nose or something else entirely—doesn't have anything to do with how big the surgery is. You decide exactly what kind of procedure gets done by talking it out with your doctor. Are you worried that fixing a bump might be labeled as purely cosmetic just so they can charge you more? Probably not, but you should definitely double-check that during your consultation with your surgeon.

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Thanks for the reply.
I haven't even made it to my first specialist appointment yet—I'm still just weighing whether I want to dive into this whole process. The thing is, I absolutely cannot do the surgery after April or May of next year. Does anyone know what the typical wait times look like? I’m trying to figure out if I can actually plan this out, or if I should just push it off entirely if there's no way I'll get seen by then.
I know surgery schedules depend on a million different things and nobody can give me a 100% guarantee, but I was really hoping that people more familiar with this stuff might have a rough idea of how long the wait times usually are?

Regarding the hunchback thing—yeah, that’s exactly what I was wondering about.
Right at the moment of the accident, it didn't even cross my mind that my nose could be broken since nothing looked obviously wrong. But now, a few months later, I've noticed this weird, bumpy ridge forming right where the fracture healed. Is that normal?
It’s not like the aesthetics are so bad that I couldn't live with them—I definitely wouldn't go under the knife just for looks alone. But lately, I've been getting a bit worried about how everything looks on the inside, since it feels like something might be off. I really want to get it checked out. Does anyone know what the odds are that they'd actually smooth out that bump during Operation Nose?
Do you think they might actually have to break my nose at that spot?

Look, I know everything posted here is just guesswork and you shouldn't do anything without checking with a doctor first—honestly, I don't even know if I'll actually need surgery yet. But just purely for the sake of information, does anyone here know more about this or dealt with something similar?

On average, how long does it take from that first ENT consultation to actually getting a septum surgery at the Mayo Clinic?
Also, when people talk about "aesthetics," are we talking major changes to the nose's shape, or does that include fixing a bump caused by an old break?
To be specific, if a break caused breathing issues later on and left a small bump where it healed, would they fix that during the procedure, or is that considered purely cosmetic?