Ear Cartilage and Fascia?

Depends on how it's fashioned and placed. I typically dice up the cartilage and wrap it with fascia. In combination we can get a significant amount of augmentation if needed

How much height you can get from an ear cartilage graft will vary. If the cartilage is layerd on the dorsum (bridge) of the nose, 1-2 millimeters is likely. Another technique I have used is to borrow the fascia of the temporal muscle from behind the ear as well as the ear cartilage. I sew the fascia into a cylinder and put the ear cartilage inside after it has been diced into small pieces. This creates what my surgical team affectionately calls the slug. Placing this on the dorsum I have had long lasting augmentation of 3-4 millimeters.

Whatever you decide, I recommend agains a silicone implant. They are easy to place and typically less expensive. However, the silicone implants tend to thin the tip of the nose skin. I have had to remove quite a few. Good luck

Ear cartilage when stacked may add up to 3-4 mm of augmentation. Fascia typically will not provide augmentation but rather camouflage graft edges and support thin skin to prevent tight shrinkage over a graft.

To prevent irregular graft edges it can also be used as "diced" cartilage in a fascia envelope.