Hello, I am of African descent. I had a rhinoplasty and because I had no bridge in my nose , my surgeon extracted cartilage from my rib to build up a bridge in my nose. Now it’s been over 6 months and my nose is still hard to the touch and my smile is affected. It feels like a hard rock on my face and i hate the feeling of it. I was wondering if I am able to remove the rib cartilage in my nose and replace it with ear cartilage so it’s more softer to the touch. Thank you
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Your columella looks completely fine to me, just a little bit swollen, which is not uncommon given its location. You could consider a steroid injection to this site. I would talk about it with your surgeon. Otherwise, I can't really see what else you don't like about it and I certainly would not...
Based on your photos, you appear to have an excessively deep alar crease on your left, and you're right nostril appears to be higher than your left. Depending on your examination, microdroplet Silikon-1000 injections maybe considered for adding volume to the left indentation, and for lowering...
The short answer is: if done properly and by an experienced revision rhinoplasty surgeon, no, the pollybeak should not recur. It looks like the bottom half of your nasal bridge was under-resected and the nasal tip overrotated.
Hope that helps.
Thomas Walker, MD, FACS
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