Deviated Septum

Septoplasty is the correct name.

What seems odd?

 

Don't smoke menthols that would hurt like a biiiittttccchhh

 

Septoplasties are fairly painless at first because they give you a local anesthetic similiar to the stuff that you get at the dentist.

In some cases, the nose has to be broken to straighten the septum. If they broke your nose, there will be more pain and swelling. If they didn't have to break your nose, the pain and swelling will be less. The swelling will peak between 24-72 hours and a lot of people complain that there's a throbbing soreness and their nose runs like they have a cold. But it's usually not very painful.

In some cases, the doctor will sew in splints to the nostrils and place a small cast over the nose. The splits and cast stay in for several days after the surgery. Most people complain that the splits and cast are the worst part- especially at night because they tend to get blocked and make it hard to break through your nose.

Your post-operative instructions should have said that you cannot smoke. Smoking interferes with tissue healing. A lot of plastic surgeons are refusing to do surgery on smokers because they don't do well during and after the surgery. So, this would be a good time to put the cigarettes aside.

 

apparently deviated septums are really common, my dad and cousin have them. My cousin had surgery and my dad did an owen wilson (kept his broken nose). I heard they were really painful though, that's why my dad won't get his fixed.

 

I had one done 9 years ago. It was the most painful thing in the world!!! Unfortunatly it didnt work as about a year ago my septum deviated again and the doctors said to do the procedure again but i said no as im not goin through that pain again.

 

eh i like menthols sometimes but if you ever blow it out your nose, or like french inhale with em they stingggg like wowww

 

Smokers are cute in so many ways... Oh, the mannerisms.

I thought this thread was gonna be about getting your septum pierced.. which is gross!!

 

Yeah i had it done 2 years ago, but it didnt really work for me, i mean i still cant really breathe through my nose.
The worst part for me was not sneezing for 6 weeks and then when i did all the old blood came out

 

I found that there was old blood coming out for ages afterwards. Pretty gross. And also little bits of blue string. I assume they were the stitches.

 

Are you sure he didn't put splints in your nose? They're usually white plastic things that look like a fake fingernail that are stitched to the septum inside the nostril. Usually, the doctor will have you come to his office to remove them 2-4 days after the surgery.

They can kiss you anywhere except your lips, mouth and nose.

You don't want to do anything to bump your nose for at least 2 weeks. No sports or anything that can bump your nose for 1-2 months. It addition to hurting, it can also injure the septum since it will take a month or so for it to completely heal and set in place.