Ear cartilage grafting gone bad
Per your request, I’m posting photos of my nose before any surgery, after my primary and after my revision. It pains me to see my post-revision photos–the bridge is so big now. I absolutely hate it. It looks ghastly on my face. I thought it was all swelling at first and that my bridge would shrink back to a more acceptable width–boy was I wrong. After this experience, to me, ear on the bridge is a no-no. I didn’t even know my PS was going to graft my bridge, but that’s a different story. And, yes, I had a little not-so-great tip work done too, lol. But I can live with that. It’s the bridge that is bothering me. It looks so harsh on my face. I want to be careful and not say ear is bad for the bridge in all cases, but perhaps mine was just not the right one for ear. I don’t know. Do you think this is easily fixed? I heard from a few PS’s that bridge grafts can be removed, but I wonder what level of expertise that requires? Would you do the re-revision if you were me?
Ear Cartilage–does it hold up?
The comments on the thread below on Dr. Le has turned to a really interesting topic, that I thought deserves it’s own post to give it a bit more visibility to make sure others looking for info on cartilage grafting–specifically conchal/ear cartilage grafting–can read our conversation and join in!
I had a revision with ear cartilage, and I have to say I have mixed feelings. My doc used it on my bridge (NOT a good idea)–and now I’m in need of a revision to fix the bridge. My doc also used it for a columella strut (used two layers of cartilage, however) and a tip graft, and over a year out, my tip and strut have held up fine.
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