I have recently been reading that surgeons in Turkey and Iran have used injectable cartilage shaving to correct surface irregularities caused by revision rhinoplasty. I'd like to know if there are any rhinoplasty surgeons in the U.S. using injectable cartilage in their practice?
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December 12, 2015
Answer: Techniques for improving surface irregularities after revision rhinoplasty
Thanks for your question. So sorry to hear about your post-op trouble! This is definitely something that can be improved. I agree- your nose looks wider now. This can happen when a hump is removed. Think about the nasal bridge as a capital "A" When you take the hump off, it's like the very top...
Hello eliza bethany,Thanks for your question.I do think that you need some more dorsal augmentation to raise your bridge. Use of rib cartilage would be fine. I do think that some mild alar base narrowing would help, and it is possible to get a mild improvement in tip width with the...
Nothing is "easy". However an experienced rhinoplastic surgeon, would find correction of a small residual hump to be relatively easy. I would wait a full year before correction. Tip work and hump removal can be done together. However, reducing the tip may change the...