Rhinoplasty With Ear Cartilage Implants

Augmentation Rhinoplasty With Ear Cartilage Implants.

There are rhinoplasty surgeons who prefer using natural cartilage grafts over silicone implants and is usually the first choice for augmentation rhinoplasty. This lessens the risk of developing infection, since the “material” used comes from the patient.

Cartilage is generally required in cases where either too much cartilage was removed from prior nasal surgery or in cases where the nose needs addition of cartilage to optimize its cosmetic appearance

Augmentation rhinoplasty using ear cartilage requires harvesting cartilage from the donor site and surgically inserted into the nose to achieve the size, shape and contour of the desired new nose.

Augmentation Rhinoplasty With Ear Cartilage Graft is performed normally Under IV Sedation

When Would A Surgeon Use Ear Cartilage In Rhinoplasty Surgery?

For many patients, the lower nose is the area that makes the nose unattractive. This typically occurs in patients with weak, drooping cartilage at the tip of the nose. For these patients, cartilage grafting is the core of improving their appearance because it enables the surgeon to strengthen and reshape the structure of the nasal tip.

Ear Cartilage is generally required in cases where either too much cartilage was removed from prior nasal surgery or in cases where the nose needs addition of cartilage to optimize its cosmetic appearance or nasal function.

The ear cartilage graft is extracted from the back of the ear. Your surgeon carefully removes a tiny portion of ear cartilage at the back of an ear that is only necessary to augment to the nose silicone implant. The surgeon will then make sure that there will be no scar visible in the future.

Adding ear cartilage implant to your nose augmentation procedure will give a more natural result to your nose tip.