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Nose damage

Night-Breath

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Basically, i did some speed in the end of summer and autumn. About 4-5 times in a 2-3 month period.Ive got abit deviated septum from a fight i had 2 years ago, nothing really bad. After snorting the amph, it seems that one side(right one) seems to have gone alot wider than the other one, like the amph. has burned or eaten away a part of my septum.Although i didnt consume it much at all and not for a few days in a row. Has anyone had similar experiences ? Im also seeing a doctor for a possible surgery in the near future on the deviated septum, would a surgery heal the septum and lose the void i have in one side ?:D
 
I was snorting crystal meth for a little while with this guy I was hanging out with...my nose started to hurt and I freaked and stopped snorting crystal meth (do to various reasons)...

THEN, I started snorting ambien...I've noticed since then that my right nostril/sinus passage hurts LIKE A BITCH. I've got a cold as of right now, and I've noticed that I'm getting bloody mucous (sooo freakin gross)..

i never really realized how much damage I was doing by snorting...and now am seeing this as a wake up call...i gotta take better care of my body.

I don't think that snorting speed that few of times would do that much damage tbh, i mean if it bothers you to the point where you think you need surgery, then go get it...but surgery might be worse. just be careful.
 
I believe I've damaged my nose snorted a variety of different things over the years. The safe way to do drugs intranasally is to dissolve the powder in water, then squirt the water into your nose with an needleless syringe or Afrin bottle.
 
Last time, when the nose changed dramatically was when i felt a strong pain in one the right side of my nose, the pain then went away and i felt pressure at my nose, also my eyes were under alot of pressure and hurt. Next day i looked into the mirror and it then it had gone alot wider. Weird, that i can actually burn away one side of nose bone ? How cant it then burn away other bones and also blood vessels ?
 
Well i went for a nose/ear/throat surgeon visit and she looked my nose from inside, also made pictures with the big computer thing and told me that my nose looked totally fine from the inside, no holes or anything. Also the middle bone that should go in the middle is in its place. I didnt tell him the snorting thing but said that i may had exhaled some chemicals at my workplace while not using respirator and asked if there is a way that it could have burned off a small piece of my nose. He said that there is no way that anything could do that and the only real issue that could be is that i may have damaged my mucous membrane somehow. Well i also searched the net for more threads and info on this problem and found that yes amphetamine can eat away a chunk of nose of deteriorate nose lining. When the thing happened and i got an eye opener, it looked really bad. But now after a few months it seems that it has healed to some degree, i also have pressure and small pain at the side that seems to be damaged. I also am on a healthy diet and going to gym for 4 days a week for 2 years. But still it seems that there seems to be a small void on the lining place or that a small layer of skin is missing or something. Does anyone if it gets restored to the degree that it will look totally normal again ? Ill swear that i will never snort any kind of chemical, never actually thought that the result can be this bad on the outer nose, while nothing has happened on the inside. Fucking weird. Any replies or suggestions would be appreciated !
 
I believe that body builds and evolves mainly to the age 23 or something and me being 17 probably helps about growing the nose back to normal.
 
The body is surprisingly quite good at healing itself. The photos you see of people who have burned holes in their nose etc... are chronic and heavy snorters. While it will mess your nose up for a while afterwards (like you said, by damaging the mucous membranes, and sometimes the cilia as well, leading to annoying constant runny noses), if you just snorted stuff for a short period then you'll probably be fine.

I've actually done what you told your doc that you did. Familiarity breeds contempt I guess, and I didn't think to put on my respirator when sieving a highly oxidizing powder outside of a fumehood. Only did it a couple of times, and each time it wasn't really that uncomfortable, but it is now almost 6 months later and the inside of my nose still feels burnt. Whoops.

I'm the safety officer at work too, if you'll believe it :\
 
Heh, i never thought that snorting things sometimes, not reguraly could do this mess. I know quite many snorters, some who even have snorted for 2 years or so basically every day and their nose is totally fine, only teeth have got damaged. Dangers of snorting should be promoted more. Weird that no bleeding or anything happened when the pain came and the little piece was gone.
 
I think you are paranoid!

Heh, i never thought that snorting things sometimes, not reguraly could do this mess. I know quite many snorters, some who even have snorted for 2 years or so basically every day and their nose is totally fine, only teeth have got damaged. Dangers of snorting should be promoted more. Weird that no bleeding or anything happened when the pain came and the little piece was gone.

I do not think your damage is permanent. I snorted for years and know people who have. If you are being honest about your use, you will be fine. Do not lie to yourself.
If you were doing a lot more, the damage may be worse. Always be honest to yourself and think back to what you actually did. Maybe you got some bad shit. I have lied to myself. Just tell yourself the truth and you are probably fine. Do not make yourself a hypochondriac. If you stop before your teeth rot out you should be okay.
 
I have had 3 surgeries for a broken nose. each one just got worse and worse. now the cartilage has shifted to one side and I can only breath from one side of my nose. Also, because it is not aligned correctly my booger, snot, mucus, or whatever you want to call is is not draining. I can't get it out. Its at the base of my sinuses and i cant get it to come down so I can cough it out. Every morning I try to get it out. I try so hard I end up throwing up. It sucks to feel like you are drowning in your own mucus. I have tried every medication there is, nothing has helped. Going to see yet another specialist next week. yay me.
 
Huuh, sounds pretty bad. Do you also get blood when sneezing ? I had a cold a while ago and when i sneezed pretty much pure blood came out with this slicky nose crap, but that was in minimum.
 
Surgery can be used to treat the septum Depending upon the severity of the damage.(I:E How big is the hole?)

Typical surgerys involves sewing the opening closed allowing the damaged skin to grow back together.
 
By a hole you mean a hole inside the nose, in the dividing wall ? Inside of the nose is just fine, only on the outside one side goes down alot more straighter and doesnt have this bump(?) part, well it does but it isnt very seeable. Like yes there is a layer of skin missing. I wont have a surgery cause it costs way too much, about 5000 dollars here. I guess it should repair by time ?
 
So my septumrhinoplasty surgery is today. My HMO will not suture a peforated septum, they will do a cartilage graft but from what I understand more often then not your body rejects it. I hope my surgery goes well for my pseudo-plastic surgery and thr removal of sinus scar tissue and for bone spurs.

But this was all caused by breaking my nose twice and snorting everything I could crush it to powder and getting it up my nose.

Wish me luck............will post before and after pics
 
Lucky for you ! I wish luck !
My nose is still in the same shape as before, hasnt gone any better, i can still see the weird edge of my nose when i look into the mirror, like my nose has gone in half and one side is missing :S Fucked up stuff, never thought i could actually do something like this to myself. I think that the biggest fault which i made was when i snorted some E when i had broken my nose a week earlier, about 2 years ago. It went looking weird then, but healed back to normal. After that i had snorted maybe 6-7 times in the past 2 years which led to these results. If i had only knew what would happen . Nose looked totally normal when i looked into the mirror, only when i snorted back in august 2010 it went to looking like this, like a piece is missing:S
But i guess its possible to reconstruct the other side with septoplasty (?) . The cartilage is kinda smaller and the layers on the nose on the left side are kinda smaller. Now its about getting the money for surgery i hope. How much do operations like these usually cost ? i guess 5000 dollars in US money ?
 
So my septumrhinoplasty surgery is today. My HMO will not suture a peforated septum, they will do a cartilage graft but from what I understand more often then not your body rejects it. I hope my surgery goes well for my pseudo-plastic surgery and thr removal of sinus scar tissue and for bone spurs.

But this was all caused by breaking my nose twice and snorting everything I could crush it to powder and getting it up my nose.

Wish me luck............will post before and after pics

How did the surgery go ? Looks normal now ?
 
Is boxing an okay sport to do with this issue ? What if i get hit on the side the tissue has eroded away ?
 
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