Procedure and incision type to fix wide nostrils?

My nostrils are too wide but I wonder if fixing them will wreck the tip of my nose. Which procedure and incision type would be best used to fix my nostrils and/or nose? My bridge is straight. It's more the lower 1/3 part of my nose I have a problem with. Thank you.

4 answers to “Procedure and incision type to fix...”

A: Alarplasty for wide nostrils

By William Portuese, MD - Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon

Flaring nostrils can be reduced through an alarplasty incision. The incision is typically either at the floor of the nose in the sill or on the actual lobular component of the alar lobule. The thickness of the lobule cannot be reduced since it is fibro-fatty tissue, not cartilage.

A: Wide nostril correction

By Barry E. DiBernardo, MD - Montclair Plastic Surgeon

The procedure to correct this is called a Weir Resection. The scar hides in the crease of your nose and a narrowing can occur. You usually judge if the nostrils are too wide by droping a line down form the inner eye lid. If the nostrils extend lateral to this line, you technically are a good candidate.... more

A: Nostril Reduction Surgery Can Correct Flaring / Wide Nostrils

By C. Spencer Cochran, MD - Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon

Nostril reduction surgery (called Alarplasty / Alar Base Reduction) is a procedure that can narrow the width of the nostril base, decrease the amount of nostril flaring, or decrease the size of the nostrils. To accomplish this, the surgeon makes an incision in the crease where the nostril wall meets the cheek.... more

A: alar wedges to decrease nostril size

By W. Tracy Hankins, MD - Las Vegas Plastic Surgeon

Alar wedge excision is the usual procedure to decrease nostril size. This involves a carefully designed excision at the junction of the nose and cheek to decrease width of the nostril.