If the tip feels dented 2 years after hump surgery — criteria for telling whether it's a side effect

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A dent-like feel between silicone and ear cartilage — is it a side effect?

A subtle boundary sensation alone can't conclude a side effect — but a new depression, or pain, redness, or shape change, must be checked directly.

> It's been about 2 years since I had my hump refined and my nose made with silicone and ear cartilage. It's not very noticeable, but the area between the silicone and ear cartilage feels dented, which worries me. Why does this happen? It looks natural sometimes and not others, so I'm torn.

In the photos, the state wasn't severe. The tip area moves a lot — cartilage and soft tissue can get pressed by expression changes or muscle action, making that area look slightly indented. Also, this kind of feel sometimes appears as the tip line stabilizes over time.

This is a change frequently observed around hump surgery too — it doesn't signify a particular problem. Since it may be temporary or a change from individual tissue differences, there's no need to be too anxious. Still, if the sunken-looking appearance keeps bothering you, consulting the specialist who performed the surgery to review additional correction direction also helps. When to consider revision surgery can be seen in the revision rhinoplasty guide.

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How is a deviated hump nose corrected? — a hump osteotomy case

In this case, the osteotomy scope was planned by checking the deviated bridge's center and the nostril asymmetry cause together while refining the hump.

Deviated hump noses often have irregular nasal base height levels, making the surgical process trickier. Also, even if it looks well corrected right after surgery, it can shift again over time — caution is needed. If the nose is bent largely even in front view, it's a structure where septal deviation easily accompanies.

In this case, the approach went as follows.

• Correction plan centered on hump osteotomy — the plan was built around osteotomy to straighten the deviated hump nose.
• Guidance on possible cartilage shortage — considering that septal cartilage for grafting might not suffice, it was fully explained beforehand that ear cartilage could supplement if short, then surgery proceeded.
• Tip-lowering correction and height adjustment — since the bridge wasn't originally low, height was adjusted slightly along with tip-lowering correction; tip depressor resection was performed together in the process.

After surgery, the bent nose line was corrected straight, and the nostril width and shape, and nostril size and form, settled more balanced than before. Swelling and redness remained at a point not long after surgery — this is a natural recovery course that stabilizes over time.

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Why is the tip designed slightly higher right after surgery?

The original case is explained as setting the initial height considering tip position change during recovery. Still, this can't be seen as an overcorrection principle applied to every nose — a safe range must be set individually within skin and support structure.

This connects with the first question's case too. The tip is an area whose line goes through a stabilizing process over time — so the immediate post-surgery appearance doesn't stay as-is; it settles through subtle changes. The initial height gets set with that change range factored into the calculation.

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Summary — distinguishing subtle changes from problem signals comes first

A subtle tactile change felt at the tip about 2 years after surgery is often within the range that can appear from the frequently moving tip area's characteristics and the line's stabilizing process. Rather than getting anxious first, the safe order is getting the state confirmed and reviewing additional correction direction when the appearance bothers you.

If post-surgery changes worry you, your state can be confirmed in a 1:1 video consultation. Hump correction cases can be seen in the before & after photos.