My right nostril seems to have extra cartilage in it. It also sort of pops if I touch it, as if it's going back into palce. I've noticed recently that my nostril is actually closing completely when I breath in... It looks like my nostril is becoming smaller and smaller... It also recently started getting sore, red, scabby and I think infected as it looks slightly white/green. Can you please give me an idea of whats going on and what the possible solution are.
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I would go ahead and have a closed reduction now, and wait several months to do the rhinoplasty. If the bones are displaced and you do nothing now, it may be more difficult to correct this as part of the rhinoplasty. Doing the rhinoplasty now would be a mistake in my opinion, for the reasons ...
You seem to be a good candidate, and yes a tip rhinoplasty seems to also be in order. That surgery in itself is not overly complicated, and the downtime is fairly minimal, with a very good result after 10-14 days, and swelling to continue to go down for another few months... but certainly...
Over the past 35+ years I've rarely used rib cartilage to augment the nasal bridge. Usually there is enough septal or ear cartilage available which is much easier to harvest. I also prefer diced cartilage so I don't have to worry about possible warping with onlay grafts.
