Thanking my patient for agreeing to share her result immediately after the plaster was removed approximately a week post op.

She has a typically thicker skin type in keeping with her Asian background, had a displeasing hump and drooping of the tip. There was some fullness and bulbous appearance to the tip.

Her early results are very pleasing and she was delighted. The better news is that there will be improved definition of the whole nose as the skin shrinks with time over the new structure to the nose.

Her degree of swelling and bruising are typical of a week after surgery but these things can vary with some patients doing better than others. Use of ice packs, sleeping upright in the first week helps. Some of my patients swear by the use of arnica and whilst the clinical evidence for use of this is perhaps a little lacking, anecdotally it does seem to help.