What are downsides to using septal cartilage to build a tip? What are complications?

July 19, 2014
Asked By:irsi in Los Angeles, CA

I had a bulbous, droopy tip revised one year ago using a medpor tip-top graft in my columella & ear cartilage. I was injured one month post-op & later 3 months post-op. The tip is now overprojected, assymetrical & bulbous due to scarring & shifting ear cartilage. My surgeon did not offer kenalog or any solution. I would like a revision. One surgeon suggested rebuilding my tip w/ septal cartilage. Do I risk nasal collapse or "curling up" of cartilage in that case?

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July 21, 2014

Answer: Septal cartilage for secondary rhinoplasty

July 21, 2014

Answer: Septal cartilage for secondary rhinoplasty

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