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Graft visible - what should I do about it? (Photo)

Nurturing230349Jan 24, 2024
I had a revision closed rhino with septal graft and columella tuck, after 6 weeks started to notice unesthetic looking hard projection supratip, its been a year, surgeon says he does not know why and he would do a tertiary rhino to correct it, what do u think the cause of it and what should i do about it? Its unpleasant in certain lightening with weird looking tip. Thank u

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