Is expanded polytetrafluoroethylene better for rhinoplasty or silicone?

To be honest, neither one is good, after all, it is plastic surgery. Having surgery on your face is never a good idea. Using fillers for a long time may cause side effects and infection. If you have to choose, it is best to use silicone. Silicone is particularly soft and has a relatively low infection rate compared to expanded polytetrafluoroethylene rhinoplasty. Plastic surgery is not good for your health. If some people fail, it may cause defects in their nose.

Silicone implants are better. Because the infection rate of silicone prostheses is lower than that of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene. It is also easy to carve and shape, and if you are not satisfied with the shape, it is also easy to remove. It is not easy to remove the expanded polytetrafluoroethylene as it will grow together with the autologous tissue.

Go to a regular hospital and make a choice under the guidance of a doctor. Silicone prosthesis is a relatively safe prosthetic rhinoplasty material and is currently the most widely used prosthetic material in Asia. Its advantages and disadvantages are as follows: Advantages: good shaping effect, relatively simple surgery, less trauma, easy removal; Disadvantages: poor compatibility with tissues. For patients with thin skin on the nasal dorsum, the prosthesis can easily cause light to be see-through or look very fake. Selection and grasp of indications: Whether it is suitable to choose a silicone prosthesis depends on the patient's ideal height and shape of the nose and the existing basic conditions. If the basic conditions are average, but the desired nose shape is high, silicone prosthesis often fails to achieve the ideal effect. Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene prosthesis: Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene, also known as polytetrafluoroethylene, is a soft material with a microporous structure. Human tissue can grow into the micropores and has strong local bonding strength. Because it has micropores and is exposed to the air for a long time, it is prone to infection and has high requirements for surgeons and sterile environment. Advantages: Good compatibility with tissues, more advantages than silicone prosthesis materials. Disadvantages: poor elasticity and the nose becomes stiff and unnatural over time; difficult to remove, causes great trauma, and is prone to infection. Selection and grasp of indications: The selected indications are basically similar to those of silicone prostheses.

Silicone and expanded polytetrafluoroethylene are both very good materials for rhinoplasty. Silicone: It is a material that has been commonly used in the plastic surgery industry. It has good biocompatibility, stable properties, easy shaping, non-toxicity, and no deformity. It has a very ideal rhinoplasty effect. It is the preferred material for rhinoplasty in plastic surgery departments in various countries. It is relatively affordable and easily accepted by consumers. Doctors can skillfully master the method of taking it out and placing it. It has a better shaping effect and can be formed in one time. PTFE: It is a porous solid material with many micropores. It is extremely stable and will not react with any other substances. It is non-toxic, carcinogenic, and teratogenic. It is soft and easy to sculpt. It allows the body's own tissue cells to grow in and establish blood circulation, and it can truly "blend" into the body's own tissues. Therefore, it feels soft and elastic, has a realistic shape, and has a low incidence of rejection. It’s just that the price-performance ratio is different. The main thing is to choose one that suits you, which is the best for you.