I am reading that a lot of people say that the shape of their nose changed years after rhinoplasty and I am considering a revision because I wasn't satisfied with what my surgeon did to my nose. If he sewed more cartilage to my nose is it going to stick to the cartilage in my nose and become one piece of cartilage that never moves or is it going to constantly move years after my surgery. I hope this makes sense.
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The only way to widen the nostrils would be with a skin graft harvested somewhere else on the face and transplanted into that area to widen the nostrils.
Nasal cartilage is always the primary grafting source when performing a revision rhinoplasty procedure. It's important to know how much cartilage left on the inside of the nose for grafting purposes. If there is a cartilage depleted nose, then consider ear cartilage.
The hump is composed of both bone and cartilage which must be shaved/filed down in order to remove it. This usually requires general anesthesia. When the bump is large enough, this may create an open roof deformity, and therefore osteotomies going to be required to close the open roof created ...
