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Surgeons believe the technique called functional septorhinoplasty (fSRP) ‘kickstarts’ smell recovery in patients

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250307001018/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/07/long-covid-patients-regain-sense-smell-taste-functional-septorhinoplasty-surgery


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[–] RumorsOfLove@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 week ago

After COVID, my sense of smell returned when I walked in to a room where people were doing coke. It was in the air and that was enough for me.

[–] witty_username@feddit.nl 11 points 1 week ago

This is amazing news. Had never expected surgery to be able to accomplish this

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

My wife lost her sense of taste and smell because of COVID, but just for a week or so. I hadn't considered how soul crushing that is. Food just becomes whatever the texture is. I remember her popping a Reese's peanut butter cup into her mouth, then spitting it out. She said it was like having a lump of shortening in her mouth - all she tasted was the oil. She's a daily coffee drinker, but coffee was just gross to her. She was getting pretty depressed before it came back.