Chronic Turbinate Swelling is ruining my life
Hi everyone. Im 21M and got issues with my Turbinate hypertrophy when I was 15. I suffered with nasal breathing for a while and relied mostly on mouth breathing. Even during puberty years I would spend sleepless nights because of my breathing.
After years of treatments and no improvement, I decided to get turbinate reduction and septoplasty surgery when I was 19 just two years ago. And while the surgery did improve my breathing and I do not spend laying awake at nights anymore difficulty breathing, it still didn't fully cure my issue. I would say it improved it by 50%.
I still mouth breathe all the time, even when I sleep. I get tired easily despite exercising daily and maintaining a healthy weight.
What led me to post today was someone took a picture of my side profile today and I look horrible. My mouth is open, my posture is front, my nose has been crooked since 2 years now. And my jaw/chin have receded.
I'm getting anxiety attacks now. I'm scared if my face will ever return normal again. I eat healthy and train regularly and this is the peak of my youth. Despite surgery and treatment this disease is ruining my life.