Do most revision rhinoplasties use autologous rib cartilage?

I think this differs by hospital tooㅠㅠㅠ Places that handle costal cartilage well seem to always use either autologous costal cartilage or donated costal cartilage!!!

[@꼬알라톨잉] Oh really? Have you maybe seen any hospitals that use ear cartilage??

[@큨큨] If you say you want to use ear cartilage, even hospitals that do costal cartilage would probably use ear cartilage??? But since it’s revision surgery and you want to raise the nasal tip, I recommend costal cartilage.... I couldn’t do my revision with costal cartilage and used artificial cartilage, but it drooped again ...

Almost all are like that, right? Ear cartilage is used a lot the first time, and for revision surgery they seemed to use autologous costal cartilage or artificial costal cartilage a lot.

[@S2o1e2] Yeah!! From what I see, revision cases mostly seem to use costal cartilage!!! I didn’t even know about costal cartilage when I had my revision ㅜㅠㅠㅠ I’m thinking about having a re-revision... But then again, I also see people whose nasal tips don’t drop even with ear cartilage ㅜ

[@S2o1e2] As expected, revision surgery seems to be about costal cartilage.. I think I’d feel a bit anxious that the nasal tip might drop if ear cartilage is usedㅜㅜ

[@큨큨] First, do some online research to see whether they use various materials (ear cartilage, autologous costal cartilage, donated costal cartilage), then go for in-person consultations!!!

If it’s not contracture, ear cartilage is also used a lot.

[@별랑몽] It’s not contracture, I just want to raise the nasal tip more!ㅠㅠ The hospital where I had my first surgery said it’s possible with ear cartilage alone.. But that hospital does surgery very naturally, so I’m worried whether they’ll make it as much like the nose I want as I hope…

[@큨큨] They say ear cartilage has the fewest side effects, but if you want a higher nasal tip, costal cartilage is probably the right choice.

[@Byeollangmong] I think so tooㅠㅠ Ear cartilage can make the nasal tip droop, and since it’s a revision surgery the cost isn’t small either, so if you’re going to do it, I do think autologous costal cartilage would be better for a definite result..

[@Kyukkyuk] There is a difference when raising the nasal tip, but isn’t nasal tip drooping unrelated? It could droop if it was raised too much with ear cartilage or the surgery wasn’t done meticulously, but... Usually ear cartilage and septal cartilage are used a lot when going for a natural look.

Even if it’s not necessarily autologous costal cartilage, I’ve seen lots of places use donated costal cartilage too.

[@Mikko] Oh really? But with donated costal cartilage, absorption and other things feel kind of unsettling.

It’s not always the case, but autologous costal cartilage keeps the shape from sagging and builds it up high, so I highly recommend it ㅜ If you revise with ear cartilage, you’ll probably end up going for a third surgeryㅋㅋㅋ ㅜ

[@Doridoringdoril] Right, right. I’m holding off because I also feel like if I use ear cartilage, I’ll end up going for a third surgery… I uploaded a photo in one of my posts too. Could you take a look and tell me whether ear cartilage could raise it that much?ㅠㅠㅠ

Costal cartilage is used a lot, but I used donated costal cartilage at LBL! Autologous costal cartilage isn’t mandatory, so I don’t think you need to think of it that way.

[@TodayJeyuk] Oh, so they do use donated costal cartilage too..