Honestly, I’m really torn about costal cartilage.. The surgery itself doesn’t scare me, but I’m scared because I’ve heard that if you use costal cartilage, the nose becomes really hard. I tend to touch my nose pretty often. My rhinitis is severe, so I am going to do functional rhinoplasty too, but still, I get a runny nose often in daily life, and there are people whose noses run when they eat. That’s me.. If I just eat something, my nose drips and drips.... I hate having mucus keep sitting inside my nose, so I like blowing my nose, but if I use costal cartilage, can I blow my nose? Do I have to keep using something like cotton swabs? Then I feel like I’ll get itchy again and cough, and if I cough, my nose will runㅠㅠ
And since my job requires me to wear a mask, I’m even more concerned. Everyone who used costal cartilage, how is daily life??
Oh, if I use it, I definitely want to use autologous costal cartilage.