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Getting Married 3 Months After Nose Surgery: Enough Time For Swelling to go Away?

Hello! I will be getting married after 102 days(3months). And before that, I am planning to have a Nose Silicone Implant and Alar Trimming. Is the...

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Is It Possible to Make the Nose Thinner Only when Smiling?

Is there a type of alar base reduction that only affects the nose when smiling? Or will the nose look thinner all the time? My nose is only wide when...

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Can a Second Alar Base Reduction Be Done?

The first reduction was done 8 months ago but it's still wide. 

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Nasal Tip Reduction Technique?

I visited a plastic surgeon who refused to alter my nasal tip, but offered to do a alar base reduction and a cartilage graft above my septum. Most of...

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Alar Base Reduction Surgery

Where do I find a doctor who specializes in alar reduction surgery? I think Alar Reduction is exactly what I need but I'm worried that the doctors in...

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Sill Excision Did Not Work?

I'm from India , sill excision didnt work , didnt move alae even by 1mm. Then during revision part of columellar footplate adjacent to sill was...

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How Long Does It Take for Skin to Grow Back to Cover Nose and Scar to Reduce?

Alar Base Reduction. I have Narrowing Wide Nose & Nostrils to make it look smaller. After remove stitch from my nose, my skin does not seem to...

Hooded Ala; Unhappy, What Are My Options? (Photo)

Hi. I'm an asian female with somewhat thick skin (not too thick but not too thin either). I previously had an alar base reduction done using the...

East Asian Rhinoplasty. Rigidness After Nose Augmentation?

I'm 43 days post-op. My surgeon placed a graft (ear & septum cartilage) on my bridge. He also put grafts (ear cartilage) in my tip and columella...

Alar Base Reduction, Swollen Area Around Alae?

Had an alar base reduction yesterday, saw the result immediately, liked it very much though the nose was yet swollen from the injected anesthetic. But...

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