Will hard nose tip from tip cartilage graft soften with time?

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My initial rhinoplasty procedure involved a septal cartilage graft to my tip and I had open revision rhinoplasty 6 months ago. My nasal tip is still very hard and inflexible (cannot push downwards at all) and I'm wondering if this is permanent, or will it soften significantly with time? Does the cartilage graft eventually become more like natural cartilage around the tip? The hardness and stiffness of the nasal tip really bothers me.

Minas Constantinides, MD · Answer

One of the most common things that occurs after revision rhinoplasty is that the tip is permanently stiffer than before  revision. This is expected, since during revision rhinoplasty the cartilage grafts added to insure long term structural stability are intended to stiffen the nose. The good news is that the nose will continue to soften over the first year or two. Since you had surgery only six months ago, your tip should be softer than it is as you continue to heal. How much softer? There is no good way to predict. Just be patient and let the healing process continue.

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