Understanding Empty Nose Syndrome with Dr. Nassif 

Dr nassif, thank you for this video. I had a small reduction and still ended up with ENS. Cut and cauterized so Im glad to hear you only lateralize turbinates. Since you are the most prominent Ent / plastic surgeon I hope others will listen to you and you can encourage them to be as conservative as you are when it comes to surgery to the turbinates. ENS is absolutely horrible. Nobody deserves to go through it.

I had my turbinates removed 10 years ago and my life has never been the same since. Please be careful with trusting any ent/surgeon as you only know how horrible this is ONLY when you have it. ☮️❤️

Day 25 after my septoplasty and turbinoplasty and I can say my soul is completely crushed and devastated, I can feel how the neurological nerves suffered an alteration and I can no longer feel the sensation of breathing, what keeps me alive is my powerful mindset of tricking my brain into calming down but this is inhumane, how could you not even mention this was a possibility especially it being an unrecognized chronic pathology. I’m horrified with absolutely nobody taking me serious, how can hell in life forever be a possible outcome after a medical procedure, this is beyond torture it’s life ending..

Good for you Doctor, not reducing the turbinates. Thank you for addressing this very serious issue!

Thank you for drawing attention to this issue! I am an ENS Patient myself. From my experience, only some patients experience paradoxical obstruction. Many experience the feeling of a nose that this too wide open instead. And they suffer from chronic hyperventilation. Also, what do you think about jaw widening procedures instead?

I'm having my turbinates sorted by a really good ENT, and he said to me removing inferior turbinates shouldn't be done or every touching the middle turbinates! But he is reducing mine with a Celon machine as been swollen for over 4 years with nasal sprays etc

Done with a Laser