Removing a radix graft

[JavaGrrl]

My surgeon built up my radix in a revision. He did not discuss this with me beforehand, and suffice to say, I hate it. I think it's absolutely, horrendously ugly. I've noticed some doctors build up the radix more than others...is this an aesthetic thing or a functional thing? I can't imagine radix grafting having any kind of functional purpose, because my breathing isn't any better with my radix built up. Has anybody had a radix graft removed? Is this an easy thing to accomplish?

[JessicaBeautiful]

I literally had to google search the term "radix graft" because I wasn't entirely sure what it was. In fact, I'm still confused as to what it is. From what I've gathered, it's almost purely aesthetic and it's to fix the issues that presented itself from the previous surgery. It's just to fix the area between the eyes so, I guess, it appears to be more harmonious or whatever you want to call it.

I'm sorry you're having such issues. Good luck with everything that's going on! *hugs*

[JavaGrrl]

If it's purely aesthetic, then why does it look so bad?? I honestly have seen very few cases where a radix graft has made the person look better! And most of those cases were men! I think building up the radix may look good for men, but for women it just looks too masculine. I have only seen one case where a surgeon has removed a radix graft--Dr. Frankel did it for a male patient of his. Otherwise, I simply haven't seen it done. If it's a graft, then it shouldn't be impossible to remove, right? On my next consult, I will ask whether it could have any functional purpose. If not, it has to go. I hate it!!

[lisa88]

I'm sorry that you received a graft that you didn't want. I don't know why surgeons are grafting so aggressively today and why you were given that graft.
I hope you can find someone soon who will remove the graft and restore the shape to one that is acceptable to you.

[JavaGrrl]

Thanks for your kind words. Yes--I do not understand the recent trend in grafting. It seems surgeons are so graft-happy that they forget sometimes our primary reasons for having the surgery are COSMETIC. Sometimes I wonder if they are more preoccupied with practicing their grafting skills! At this point, I'm really uncertain what to do. I haven't heard from anyone who has had a similar issue and had it fixed, so I don't know which doctor(s) have a track record of doing something like this.