I've been told by a few doctors that I'll need a fascia graft for my revision rhinoplasty because I have thin nasal skin. One doctor told me he would cut at the hairline behind the ear and not in my actual hair to harvest the fascia. I prefer he cut there and not in my hair, but I'm worried about visible scarring and long term complications from harvesting from this area. Do I need to be worried about a visible scar or any long term complications?
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Sometimes, the limitation to narrowing the nasal bridge is due to soft tissues rather than bone support. If this is the case, narrowing of the nasal bones is not necessarily producing significant impact.
If the soft tissue envelope is intermediate in thickness or thin, it is possible to narrow...
The lines or grooves are unusual and it is difficult to give advice without an examination. They may be amenable to elevating the tissues over the nose bony and cart framework to smooth out some followed by fat grafting but a more formal revision may be necessary.
Unfortunately your scenario is not unusual after rhinoplasty. It takes a very subtle and precise correction to keep the nose looking natural and not too short., and take a bump off without creating a slope. At this point, your only solution is a revision rhinoplasty with the goal of replacing...
