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Cocaine Septum Damage

I fell into a 4 month binge with cocaine and I just had an eye opener.  I basically lost control.  Yesterday I felt a little hole on the inside of my nostril against the septum.  It seemed like a layer of skin had deteriorated.  After that heart stopping find, I began to do some research into the connection of cocaine and my find and learned that cocaine can eventually cause serious damage to the septum and nasal cavity.  My question is...Is there a thin layer of skin that covers the cartlidge that is the septum?  I suppose I needed this discovery to open my eyes and I realize what I have done to myself.  Right now I am more scared that what I discovered is permanent and I may need surgery.  It must have appeared recently because I have never noticed it before.  I don't feel that it is a deep hole, but more like a skin had deteriorated and left the cartilidge bare.  This was enough of a scare for me to completely stop my use.  I had not known that this could occur until I did my research. Since I am stopping my use, is there a skin that will grow over the hole or is it bare cartlidge naturally there and I caused damage directly to my septum's cartlidge.  I feel that if a skin will grow back, I will have been lucky and need to use this as an opportunity to straighten my act.  I'm not looking for sympathy or lecture, just some help in understanding what is going to happen.  The thought of all of this is deeply concerning me and I need to know if I can let it heal itself. I know cartlidge does not grow back, but is there a skin that grow back over.  I don't believe that I caused damage to the cartlidge itself.  I keep repeating myself because this is a great concern of mine.  Does anybody know what I am talking about?  Please help.
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ATTENTION!!! Man let me tell u some real **** son. I'm 35 yr old male. I did my thing fa yrs. and my nose started out w bleeding then the sores then the extreamly headaches that's unbearable. Real talk um going thru it currently. From using the triple anti to neo. To infalmatory Stuff. All the meds work n some sort of way but stupid me i kept using Along w the pain n at night and the early psrts of my days was bad cause um n pain N blowing my nose all day n night. Standing under the shower letting water run up my nose to blow out the junk. Yea I stop just recent cause it's painful. And I've had these sores n nasal problem a little over a yr now. I'm just starting to attempt to go into a healing process. The sores are all inside both nosrals I have two holes that lead to the other sided of each other. Once either they get real raw n hurts or form scabs crust that hurts the inside more so cause the nose is sensitive. Your nose as well as anyone else's probly has an infection in with the dr prescribe the meds and theyll start to work more than likely I'll need to revist to get more meds cause it's seems like a long process of healing. Be prepared to go thru the pain. Yea if u use cocain to dry out ur nose only take a few bumps then u can get to the scab to pick it out cause it hurt so bad at the time. If u use any more that u will keep worsening it. Trust me lady's and gentlemen I'm telling u this from real current experiences stop using now if u can. It was hard for me but **** it I'd rather stay heathy and alive. These nasal pains and headache and around the eye pains feeling like fluid around the head aint no joke. N I feel bad cause the people around u have to suffer also. Blowing n picking ya nose all night u can't sleep at all till ya body shuts down after all the pain n runny nose nights n mornings. COCAIN IS A HELL OF A DRUG LIKE SOMEONE SAID. THE ***** AIMT NO GOOD N THE END!!! It's sad I can't say to my ole lady n family what the real problem was but thank God I came to realize it was time to quite. Too much of anything will eventually cause u problems if u don't be mindful of the current and future case and effects. I could have lost everything a time or five if I wasn't in control some sort of way. I'm very successful n a way but far off cause I liked to party get high and **** the girls. Now that I'm changing some things my life will get a lot better. Make better choices people. Don't keep the choice to do cocain. I have pictures of the inside of my nose that I could sell to Dr.'s and universities that should scare off a cocain user I have pictures of buggers and hug scabs that shouldn't fit in you nose. If I could post them I would. It's real and I'm n a painful healing process massaging my head n face as I type people. STOP USING COCAIN PERIOD!!!!!
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All cocaine is cut with additives/chemicals- from baking soda to dry wall causing horrible damage to mucus membranes. Does your nose make a whistle noise when you breathe? Chances are that its surface damage- but with continued cocaine use will result in further septal erosion causing a hole. Its true that the only treatment for a hole in the septum is surgery- an ENT (ear nose & throat) surgeon will put what we call a "Septal Button" in the hole to correct the issue. For now, get some over the counter antibiotic ointment and apply to the area 3 times a day with a q-tip- esp at bedtime- if its causing pain u can get the ointment with pain relief. Keep a close eye on it and keep ur fingers from touching it (finger nails are one of the top body parts that carry infection causing germs). The crusting is a result of the bodys natural response to treat the problem- dont pick at the scab or remove it. I know its hard and embarrasing to admit to your doctor that you have been a user- but please be honest with your doctor- it beats staying silent and risking any permanet damage to your body. Although the tissue damage is not life threatening- the damage cocaine does to your heart and blood vessels is. I lost my sister due to a brain aneurysm caused by weakened blood vessels on the brain from cocaine abuse, she was only 43. Dont beat yourself up over mistakes like this, despite 14 years in the ENT medical field I too fell victim to cocaine addiction knowing full well the risks involved- I know it makes you feel amazing for 20mins, but is it worth the physical, mental, and financial damage? One day i looked in the mirror and didnt recognize myself and hated who was looking back at me- I stopped using when i found out i was pregnant- but the withdrawl caused me to miscarry- it was an eye opener. I replaced my urge to use with activities that i love such as photography and taking my dog for walks and focused on training him. It helped a lot. I also found going on walks/runs while jammin to great ipod music helped. At the risk of sounding cliche'- loving pets are the best treatment- if you spend the amount of time you spent getting high on quality time/attention w/ your pets- and spend the money on taking them to training classes or even just a shopping trip to "Petco"- you will be amazed at the positive results for both you and your pet! Also NA meeting are very supportive and helpful. Again dont agonize over this mistake, look at it as a learning experience that someday may be useful in helping other addicts beat this addiction by being able to relate and empathize and share your story to help open thier eyes. I wish you well- good luck
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Hey man. Sorry to hear the bad news about your nose. I am glad to hear to hear that you have quit. You and me are one the few. I have had sergery to fix my reputed septum at one of the most well known places. Thank God!
I was told by one of the top surgeons that if I got surgery to fix the hole in my nose, that it would be derimental and have a lot. There is basically no way to fix it. If you were to try it will make the situation a lot worse than it is now. Getting you ruptured septum fixed can me very beneficial!I had it done but I still have poll ups in my nose. I go see the surgeon every three months. They can only get some of it out every visit because it is so painful. One thing that will help is to buy you a squirt bottom and put salt packs inside the bottle with water, Do is twice a day, You can get both of the items otc at cvs I hope this helps!
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Davey,

This is a very old thread.  I would suggest you start a new ask a question thred so more people will respond.

I would definitely suggest seeing a doctor if you have an odor coming out of your nose.  That does not sound good at all and could mean infection.
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hi i was snorting cocaine for a very long time and as a result have hardly any of the inside of my nose left.But now all the time i get a very nasty smell in my nose so bad that i dont talk to people incase they can smell it to does any boby know what this is and is there any thing i can do about it please
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ive dont white over a year i am 16 now but if you stop doing it your nose will heal over time i have a hole on the inside of my nose from blowing coke its minor dont get stressed about it
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