Hello! It’s already been 7 months since my rhinoplasty hehe I like dramatic-looking noses, so I had surgery at ㅍㄹㅁㅇ, and they used costal cartilage!!
I had the surgery using donated costal cartilage, not autologous costal cartilage, so I did wonder what I’d do if I felt any kind of foreign-body sensation or discomfort, but honestly I feel totally fine lolllll The reason we used costal cartilage was that my nasal tip was quite droopy, and the nose line I wanted was a dramatic straight-to-upturned line, so there was no way around it lolllll I had asked, “Can’t you just use my septal cartilage and make it dramatic?” but when I saw how clearly they said they didn’t recommend it because it would definitely droop later, I ended up using rib cartilage, and I honestly don’t regret it at all lol lol For reference, the swelling… maybe around 3 months?? I think most of the major swelling had gone down by then, and now the small residual swelling is slowly going down little by little, and it’s maintaining well hehe
I hope everyone also chooses a hospital that fits their own preferences and has a pretty surgery result! You can’t get a dramatic line using your own cartilage, like septal cartilage or ear cartilage, so if you’re someone who thinks, “I absolutely have to have surgery using my own tissue!” then look into hospitals that specialize in a natural style!!