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Is it possible to restore/rebuild the footplates?

gk14Feb 2, 2024
To make the columella look more towards how it was before. Like this: /\ instead of this: ||. This matchstick columella look was not something I agreed to and I hate it. I will be getting revision anyway so want to know if the area can be restored to some degree with grafting of some sort?

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Dr. David M. Kowalczyk, MD, MBA, FACS
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Answered on Feb 6, 2024
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