I visited two places, and both were run by otolaryngology specialists. I thought they would know more about nasal function and the inside of the nose than just cosmetic aspects, so that was one of my selection criteria. First of all, wherever I go, they say that even if I have surgery for my crooked nose, some crookedness will remain. If anyone here was told, like me, that a little would remain after surgery, how much remained? Was it a level you were satisfied with, or did it feel disappointing??
1. BRK During the consultation, the director was thorough, very kind, and trustworthy, so I wanted to do it right away, but when I looked at photos of other people’s surgeries, the style was subtly not my taste, They said the style can be discussed, but I am still wondering whether it will come out the way I want. Because of my past septal surgery, it seems that a lot of my septum has currently been cut away and it seems weakened, so they said I need to use autologous costal cartilage. They said that is how it would be sturdy. The anesthesia is sedation anesthesia, and as far as I know, there is no anesthesiology specialist, so based on my common sense I thought sedation anesthesia was much safer, but it turns out that is not necessarily the case, so I am considering whether I should do it somewhere with an anesthesiology specialist even if it is general anesthesia. The consultant seemed kind, but since I was interested in having surgery here, I tried to ask a few more questions in a repeat consultation right the next day, and it felt just a little less kind than the first time~ Of course, the doctor was very kind. What I am curious about here is, for someone like me who has little septal cartilage available because of past deviated septum surgery and whose current nasal condition is judged to be weak, they recommended autologous costal cartilage. If, instead of autologous costal cartilage, ear cartilage is used in two or three layers rather than one layer, would it be very weak? I want to leave autologous costal cartilage as a last resort ㅠㅠ The cost was a little less burdensome compared with other places. At other places, even if there is nasal valve stenosis, it is not easy to get actual-expense insurance coverage for the nasal valve as well, but this place seemed like they would actively prepare the documents.
2. B Here too, the director did the consultation, and the consultant seemed a bit less professional than at other places. We had just a basic consultation, then I met the director, who consulted with me at length and explained everything thoroughly with an expert aura! But unlike other places, even as an otolaryngology specialist and after looking at my CT, unlike the others, he said he would use ear cartilage. Other places had talked about autologous costal cartilage, but here, when I said I heard ear cartilage is weak and asked if it would be okay, he said he would use it in layers rather than one layer. Since this is not my first surgery and my septum has already been touched and a lot has been lost, I do not know whether it would be okay to use it ㅜ And the anesthesia is general anesthesia!! The cost is a bit more expensive than other places. The design at this place is close to what I want, but I am debating because I am curious whether using ear cartilage in my current nose will maintain well for a long time without deformation. Personally, I want to use ear cartilage rather than autologous costal cartilage... I am currently debating. I want to use ear cartilage rather than autologous costal cartilage, but I wonder whether ear cartilage would have absolutely no problem supporting my currently weakened nose...
The hospital did not seem as modern as other places. Just felt like a decent hospital?
Anyway, if anyone has the same concern as me, or if anyone like me had surgery with autologous costal cartilage or ear cartilage when they had very little septal cartilage left due to past septal surgery, please let me know your opinions too!