The surgeon who is likely going to do my surgery wants to rasp the bones and not do an osteotomy. He says my upper lateral cartilages are fine and not too large. Where would you “draw the line” between rasping only and doing osteotomies. Would you do osteotomies on my nose? Thank you.
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Answer: Should I rasp the nasal bones only or should I also have an osteotomy?
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