After septal cartilage is removed, it remains in an L shape, right? They say it is so weak that it can lead to a saddle nose or columellar retraction, so it needs to be reinforced again with costal cartilage. It feels like doctors are telling me this in advance in case the result is not good later. Of course it would be weak. More than 14 was removed.
But I’m a little doubtful whether it absolutely has to be reinforced, to the point of attaching another costal cartilage graft. All the clinics I’m visiting now are talking about reinforcement. The septal cartilage…