Stitches in nose?

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#1 Post by **nutmeg** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:07 am

I was told by my surgeon that he put a stitch in my nose to prevent it from widening.

Does anyone know where the stitch might be?

I ask this because right after surgery, I kept picking my nose because there was so much clotting that breathing became difficult (sorry for the gross factor). I want to know if I might have damaged the stitch or hindered any healing.

I also wonder if the stitch might have come undone. Is this possible?

#2 Post by **Arvensis** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:06 pm

Is there any blue thread sticking out on either side outside your nose? My stitch was on the outside side of one my nostrils not inside.

#3 Post by **nutmeg** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:40 pm

Oh, your stitch was outside? No, i don't have any stitches outside my nose.

Hmm, this makes me wonder if my surgeon put in the stitch or not.

#4 Post by **Arvensis** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:39 pm

Well he did a bunch more things to my nose besides that so maybe I'm not thinking of the right stitch??

#5 Post by **Arvensis** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:00 am

Interesting....

then I wonder what my lovely stitch was!! It probably wasn't an alar then.

#6 Post by **Delag** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:11 am

I had an alar stitch and trust me - it isn't easy to break that puppy!

It may make your upper lip feel tight, your smile may look goofy, and it can be a bit painful if you pull at it (like laughing or having the ortho pull your cheek), but it does the job.

#7 Post by **suetemi** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 5:05 pm

I guess I don't understand how something like an alar stitch would work. Isn't it simply holding back soft tissue and/or skin? And once it's cut or removed, won't the tissue that it's holding just go back to how it was?

#8 Post by **nutmeg** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 5:57 pm

Yeah, I don't really understand how an alar stitch works too. My lip does seem tighter but my nose width seems to be the same as before.