Many people who had nose surgery with silicone 10 or 20 years ago are now removing it, replacing it, or having revision surgery using various other materials such as septal cartilage or autologous costal cartilage for many reasons, such as contracture, inflammation, and anxiety. I also had silicone in my nose for more than 10 years and am now looking into hospitals for revision surgery, but when I think about it, back when I had the surgery, many people, including doctors, said silicone was the safest material among materials for nose surgery. But my nose, which used that supposedly safe silicone, is co…
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