I keep getting tonsil stones. Should I consider surgery?

 

I used to get tonsil stones occasionally, but they have become more frequent lately.

I removed it again todayㅜㅜ

When I got home and looked, I saw that the hole had popped open after it was removed. It was like that right after it was removed, but I'm worried that the hole in my tonsils is big and might pop open again.

I already have rhinitis and postnasal drip, and they say that if you have postnasal drip, you are more likely to develop tonsil stones.

As phlegm flows down the back of the throat, it is more likely that tonsil stones will form.

Even if you brush your teeth or gargle diligently, at some point you feel a foreign object in your throat, and if you cough even a little or clear your throat, you feel a peculiar smell coming up.

At first I thought it only happened when I wasn't feeling well.

It used to only happen occasionally when I was tired, didn't sleep well, or had a dry throat, but these days it happens whenever I forget, regardless of my condition, so it's really uncomfortable.

In the past, I used to go to the ENT clinic whenever I got tonsil stones, but now that they're happening more frequently, I try to get them out at home by coughing or gargling, but it often just makes my throat hurt and doesn't come out.

I manage it at home to some extent.

 

 

And flossing too

I also gargle with salt diluted in water.

I also use throat spray

I also use a tongue cleaner.

Besides these methods, are there any self-care methods I can do at home?

 

The ENT doctor said that my tonsils are large and have deep grooves.

They said that for now, they will just treat it and if it keeps coming back, they will consider a tonsillectomy.

But the surgery is painful and the recovery period may take some time...

Since postnasal drip is a type of rhinitis that cannot be cured in the first place, and the tonsils themselves are large, I think tonsil stones continue to form even if managed.

There are reports that tonsillectomy surgery is effective, but there are also reports that the recurrence rate is high.

So, is surgery the ultimate solution to tonsil stones?

Or are there people who have had tonsil stones a few times and then managed them well so they don't get them anymore?