My revision rhinoplasty doctor added cartilage grafts into my alars bc he said my nostrils were too small. I am 7 months post opt and I can feel the cartilage grafts: they are stiff and very thick. It's effecting my breathing to the point where I have to wed snore guards/splints to open my airways so I can breath. I wear these 24/7. What can be done to soften these cartilage grafts in my alars? Can steroid shots help soften these grafts so they're not so thick and stiff?
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Although yours is an extreme example, the most common post-rhinoplasty deformity I see in my revision rhinoplasty practice consists of an over-resected dorsum and an over-rotated tip.... nature hates a vacuum, so your tip rotated up when the cartilage above it was removed and left unsupported......
Unfortunately grafts can become visible years after rhinoplasty as all of the swelling completely resolves and the only solution is a revision to remove or reposition the gray. The tissues have usually healed with enough structure that the graft can just be removed. That is why when we...
You do have an inverted V deformity based on these photos. A closed rhinoplasty can accomplish improvement with osteotomies placed in the nasal bones to narrow them, and spreader graft placement under the collapsed upper lateral cartilages to widen them. All incisions are placed on the inside...
