Is It Okay to Just Removed the Infected Nasal Implant and Clean the Area & Leave the Fibrous Tissue?

I had rhino almost 7 yrs ago, got pregnant and during my 6 months of pregnancy, my nose started to swell then after few weeks, a pimple like thing developed pn the bridge, between the bottom of my eyes, after few weeks it poped and puss was coming out, now its almost 7 months. I will have the implant removed in 6days from today. I have a silastic implant, can they just removed and clean without taking the fibrous tissue out??? The pimple is with a bit of hole inside..... Pls advise.. Thanks

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Removing Infected Nasal Implant

Assuming the implant is silicone, there is not a lot of fibrous tissue present. It will not be necessary to remove the fibrous tissue because a lot of it will resolve after removal of the implant.

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Infected Implant Removal

This is somewhat of a judgement call. Any obvious encapsulating tissue should be removed if feasible. However, this will depend on the viability of the skin and the area surrounding the pimple area. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA

Implant infection and removal

It is always important with an infected implant to remove the implant and allow the tissue to heal before attempting to augment the area where the implant had been. The amount of fibrosis that develops after removal of the implant is most often inadequate to fill the defect. You do not want to wait too long after the removal of the implant because the soft tissue envelope of the nose will shrink and it will become more difficult to gain the degree of augmentation that was... more

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luvcutieme_0415 14 Feb 2013

Hi, ive had my implant removed few days ago due to infection. When can i have a reconstruction using my ear cartillage??? Is it ok after 3months,? How long does the surgery normally takes???an hour??? More than that??

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luvcutieme_0415 7 Feb 2013

Can i have the reconstruction after 4months? Using my ear cartillage... I want them to leave the fibrous tissue so that my nose wouldnt go back just yet to its original looks, i habe been told by some people that it will take time to go back to its pre op looks.

luvcutieme_0415 7 Feb 2013

Thanks doc edward. But can they just remove the implant and clran the area without taking the fibrous out??? Is the hole in the pimple going to be obvious? How about the scar of it, is it going to be a normal skin like before again?? I think they will use my ear cartillage for reconstruction.

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