Nasal septum is a cartilage structure, located at the bottom of the nose, supporting the whole structure of the nose and segmental the left and right respiratory function. Wish to achieve the purpose of increasing the height of the nose, the first primary work stable foundation, the nose foundation is the nasal septal cartilage. Oriental nasal septum cartilage is usually not long enough, so the nose is not as straight up as the Westerners, the nasal septum extension surgery is from this concept.
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Nasal septal extension surgery - surgeons must have structural rhinoplasty ability, the nose structure to do the nose structure details of separation.
Nasal septal extension surgery requires the use of autologous cartilage for extension, commonly used autologous cartilage including: ear cartilage, nasal septal cartilage, and rib cartilage, physicians must be from the operation of personal conditions and subjective wishes to make the appropriate choice.
 

Ear cartilage	Nasal septal cartilage	Rib cartilage
The softest	The Hardest	Hard enough
Enough amount	Enough amount	Oriental people often lack of regularity
Easy to get	Not easy to get	inconvenient to get
Low destructive	High destructive	High destructive
High utilization rate	The lowest utilization rate	Utilization rate is not high
Support not enough	The best support	Support is better than ear cartilage
	Short nose or overturned nose best choice