What to do about the hole in my nose?

May 29, 2011
Asked By:JayHa in Las Vegas, NV

Not really sure if this is the right place but I have a hole in my nose from doing cocaine about 5 years ago. This hole is growing in size even though I've stopped the drugs for over 3years now. My nose is falling apart and its really depressing me. What can I do to fix it, I know the cartilage wont grow back so for the last 1.5 yrs I've been putting Ayr nasal gel and petroleum jelly on the exposed cartilage. Now the whole nose is caving in on me and there is a hole the size of my index finger that can almost fit through from one side to another. PLEASE HELP in any way possible.

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