Cartilage protruding from nose surgery? (Photo)

Implants in the nose tend to extrude and this is exactly what is happening here. This needs removal and so it is best to see your Plastic Surgeon as soon as possible. It is best after the tissues have healed to consider cartilage grafts rather than silicone implants.

Hello,If you don't have a surgery to remove that implant, it will remove it self in time, with even more tissue destruction than has already occurred. Once out, you will need to heal for a year before considering a revision surgery, hopefully with rib cartilage. Best of luck!

Cartilage or implant thru skin after rhinoplasty? This should be removed and no revision for 9-12 months after. See your surgeon and you might get a second opinion.

Hi,You need to follow up very closely with your doctor. The graft needs to be removed and the nose should be left alone to heal fully. only after the nose is fully healed can you proceed with a revision. Mehdi Sina, MD

Sorry to read about this issue you are having. Silicone nasal implants are not commonly used anymore by most plastic surgeons due to this risk of apparent extrusion (exposure/erosion of the graft through the skin of the nose). An exposed graft like this is basically technically infected even if it has not caused pus or redness of the nasal skin. It should be removed promptly. Silicone is more likely than your own cartilage to actually extrude like this, though it is also possible with your own tissue.Ascribing "fault" is not really productive nor a goal of doctors answering questions here on RealSelf, for the most part. Generally we are here to educate. Your surgeon may have a lot of experience using grafts and get good results in the typical case; it is not appropriate for other surgeons to state that this is anyone's "fault." Rather, this is a possible known risk of implants/foreign bodies and the graft may have migrated, your nasal skin may be thin, you may have had minor trauma that ordinarily would not be remarkable but might have created a dislodgement, who knows. For you to progress from here, you need the extruding object removed, and you need to then give time for healing and skin softening/remodeling before considering other methods of adding volume to the nose (like diced cartilage/fascia grafts, fat or fillers).

You need to see your surgeon immediately.  In that location it is very unlikely to be cartilage extruding. 

Dear lisatran, This needs to be immediately removed before further damage to your tissues and nose. See your surgeon TODAY!!! You must allow time for to heal before considering any revision procedure and you may want to have a secondary opinion. Best regards, Michael V. Elam, M.D.

Regardless of the cause of your problem you need to followup with your surgeon tot have this cartilage or silicone implant removed soon as possible before there is more damage to your skin. A revision can be done after this wound has healed.