Can Smoking After Rib Cartilage Rhinoplasty Make the Grafts Disappear or Shrink?

Hello, It is important to have good communication with your surgeon. If you have a plan, and discuss your options and feel your surgeon can achieve what you are looking for, then it is fine to stick with he or she. If not, it is also perfectly ok to seek an opinion from another rhinoplasty...

This white area may represent thin skin over a cartilage graft or over your natural bridge - either way it will likely not go away - soft tissue grafts placed at revision will help 'pad' your skin and hopefully prevent this

Records of previous surgery is not always helpful but it can be of use if there is ever a question about what type of implant was used

This is not an uncommon problem after a rhinoplasty. Even if the bony hump was adequately taken down during surgery, scar tissue can form during the healing process and can resemble a hump. Waiting a year is appropriate. This revision can be performed under a local but I (and my patients)...

This is a difficult problem to fix.  There are ways to make the nostril more symmetric but it seems you are referring to the nostril rim or ala more than the nostril itself.  A small cartilage rim graft on the higher side can bring the rim down and provide more symmetry.  A...

The open rhinoplasty approach is typically the approach of choice for complex primary and revision Rhinoplasty and allows for both proper diagnosis and precise correction of deformities