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Bigger Nostril Opening Size - Is It Possible?
I had rhinolasty 2 month ago. also there was alar base reduction ,doctor told me he extract 2 mm tissue from everyside.my nostril opening size is smaller now and make my breathing somehow uneasy.he told me that he cant make it biiger by extractiong some tissue from the part turned inside. is it possible?
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Too-small nostrils after rhinoplasty and alar base reduction.
The number of answers to this question tells you an important fact--there is no easy way to solve this problem. There is no way to replace the missing tissue without additional surgery and scarring, and even then, this is not an easy "fix." Composite grafting or rotation flaps could be attempted, and may well fail due to lack of adequate blood supply to the grafted tissue. If it works, the result may well be larger nostrils, but with substantial additional scarring that could...
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2 months post-op
A 2mm alar reduction is typically does not result in nasal obstruction although other changes made during rhinoplasty can result in nasal obstruction - at 2 months you still have some swelling so I would wait before taking further action
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Alarplasty
It is very difficult to make the nostrils larger after you had an alar reduction. You can not simply replace the tissue that was removed.
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