Is surgery or implant better option. It is very hard breathing currently. Huge improvement wearing breathe right strips - even voice is less raspy and clearer. An implant like Latera seems less invasive but risk of infection and feeling of foreign body in nose. Surgeon has told me surgery (using septal grafts to support cartilage) is not always successful and carries risks of nerve damage, dryness. Can you suggest which option might be better?
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