Edward Robinson70 said:Usually, a defect like that closes up on its own over time. How long has it been since the surgery?
It was a closed technique, a septorhinoplasty. It’s been two months since the procedure. At the very beginning of my right nostril, the deformity is still pretty obvious—it looks like a ridge of cartilage climbing up toward the septum. I had this massive piece of cartilage there originally, and the surgeon removed most of it, but not enough, so it still doesn't match the left side at all. That whole ridge was right there. Then, about two months in, I developed an infection. My surgeon ended up pulling out the stitches and said things would improve after that. They were supposed to be the dissolvable kind, but he had to take them out; up until then, only one stitch had come out naturally. He even drained some pus from the area. However, five days after that, everything just sort of split open, and now I can see the cartilage. I might have mislabeled it in a previous post—called it bone when it was actually cartilage (my mistake). Tomorrow, I'm heading to a public hospital just to get someone to look at it and maybe offer some advice. I'm honestly not sure what to do, especially since my surgeon won't be available for at least the next month. 🤷 I sent him an email, but since it's the weekend, I haven't heard anything back.
