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Post-op Nose Asymmetry | Before Home
After nose surgery, swelling can make it difficult to notice if the material has shifted.
Cho Bae-Jung of KOKO Plastic Surgery explains swelling and follow-up checks after splint removal for patients returning home after surgery in Korea.
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- I'm plastic surgery specialist Cho Bae-Jung.
- Compression splinting can sometimes make the nose crooked.
- Some patients return home with the splint still on.
- Swelling can persist after the splint is removed,
- and while swelling remains,
- you may not notice material shifting inside the nose.
- At 7–10 days post-op, once swelling subsides, we check the result,
- The doctor adjusts the material by hand.
- This is important, but isn’t always possible.
- If your stay is limited, there is a risk of crookedness developing.
- “Too high” or “swollen between the eyes”
- but as time passes,
- after about 2–3 months,
- the swelling subsides, showing it wasn't overcorrected
- and simply took time to settle.
- Some patients realize this only later.
- I'm Cho Bae-Jung. Thank you for watching.
This film is general information. Suitability, methods, recovery and risks vary from person to person; decisions are made after an examination by the surgeon.
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