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Turbinate Reduction Vs Deviated Septum Surgery For Mewing? | ENT Doctor’s Opinion

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Health & Fitness, Science, Education, Self-improvement

4.9806 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2019

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Is turbinate reduction or deviated septum surgery for mewing effective? In a previous discussion we have talked about whether or not my deviated septum or inflamed turbinates is the cause of my mouth breathing. My ear nose and throat (ENT) doctor outlined how septal deviation and inflammation of turbinates compounds inhibition of nasal circulation.…

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0:00.0

So because mine's a mild deviation with most of the blockage coming from this inflammatory response,

0:07.0

do you think the more minor procedure is more appropriate?

0:12.0

The minor procedure will definitely work on your right side.

0:16.0

It'll work less on your left side just because the deviations of that side.

0:23.5

So physically, that's not going to change.

0:27.0

But if you find that you're completely better on that left side at times,

0:28.8

it's not like momentary or whatever it is,

0:31.3

but if you can get complete benefit on that left side,

0:35.2

you have a good chance of having very good benefit on that left side as well.

0:36.2

I've never even heard of that.

0:39.3

I thought it was either you'd get the deviated fixed or there's nothing else. I didn't know there was like an in-between.

0:41.3

Yeah, we do a lot of it.

0:43.3

What kind of involvement is that?

0:46.3

So the procedure about half an hour is just in the chair where you're sitting under local anesthetic.

0:53.3

Yeah. So we put some cotton balls in your nose that freezes them up a little bit,

0:57.0

and we put some needle freezing in the little turbinates on the side,

1:00.0

inside the nose tilt.

1:02.0

And that freezes them up and then we put little probes in beside the bone

1:08.0

and into the inflamed area or the hypertrophy area.

1:11.6

And with heat we shrink down that lining so it doesn't grow and shrink as much.

1:15.6

And then we physically push it away from the middle part of the nose, just creating more room to breathe.

1:20.6

One week of no heavy lifting or straining.

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