Ear cartilage harvesting - did my doctor take too much out of the bowl? (Photos)

Dear member,
It is unfortunate that you are unhappy with your ear after cartilage harvesting for your revision rhinoplasty. However, just as in life choice decision making, rhinoplasty revision decision making is a risk/reward issue. One of the risks of conchal bowl cartilage harvesting is loss of conchal projection. The perhaps more important question then becomes are you satisfied with your rhinoplasty revision? The nose is a much more prominent and visible structure than the ear, and almost no two ears look the same, harvested or not. "Fixing" the new asymmetry could be quite an undertaking, again with risk/reward issues. There are off the shelf cartilage products that might be able to bridge the gap created by your conchal bowl cartilage harvest, but be aware of the risks of those as well before you proceed. Good luck!