Why would the doctor remove so much of my septum when it was only supposed to be straightened?

December 3, 2016
Asked By:caseytfu in Oshawa, ON

I don't understand why he removed cartlidge on that side when the problem was on the other side. Not my septum is my thinner with a huge crater on the one side. It looks like I can see the cartlidge.

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