When is It Best to Use Your Own Cartilage for Rhinoplasty?

There is no absolute better or worse, just advantages and disadvantages to alloplast (implant) vs. autogenous tissue.  Primarily, implants are quicker and easier to use, and do not require your surgeon to harvest donor cartilage from your nasal septum, ear, or rib.  Implants however, may become exposed or infected over time, and require removal.  Proper placement of the implant diminishes the possibility of exposure or infection.  The use of RNA inhibiting peptide or a similarly functioning analog, I believe, will significantly diminish or eliminate implant related infection in the future (Balaban et al, Tufts University).

Cartilage from you is the best almost always since we rarely get an infection. In 35years I have never had an infection. Done by an experienced rhinoplasty surgeon you should not have a problem.