What is the least invasive permanent option for correcting an area of missing cartilage in the tip of my nose?

Go see an ENT doctor to try to figure out what is causing your problems. If it is just the septum, you can get a septoplasty without having it be a "2nd" rhinoplasty because those are two distinct procedures. However, there is the possibility that the rhinoplasty worsened some of your breathing,...

In order to permanently rotate a nasal tip appearance upward, it would require exposure of the nasal tip cartilages along with nasal tip reconstruction. In our experience, procedures like this may not be performed with local anesthetic. Thank you for your question. Sincerely, Dr Joseph

Hello and thank you for your question. I always recommend maintaining close follow up with your surgeon. This could still be due to swelling and you should have regular steroid injections. Alternatively, it may not improve. Either way, I recommend that you maintain close follow up with your...