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What is Easier to Fix in Rhinoplasty, A Wide Bridge or a Bulbous Tip?
A wide bridge or a bulbous tip? I understand both can be done, but I am wondering which is easier to improve upon. Thank you so much!
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legallyblonde502
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What's easier, fixing wide bridge or bulbous tip
Technically a wide bridge is easier to narrow than the bulbous tip. Narrowing a wide bridge or a bulbous tip are both routine procedures to perform during the rhinoplasty procedure.
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Wide Bridge or Bulbous Tip
Both of these concerns are commonly and frequently addressed during a rhinoplasty. Maybe another way of asking your question is to say, what are possible complications in each of these areas after surgery.
Wide Bridge
inverted V deformity from high lateral osteotomy
lumps and irregularity on the bridge
removing too much or too little of the bridge
Bulbous Tip
Pinched appearance
Bossae formation (migration of the tip cartilages to the...
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What is Easier to Fix in Rhinoplasty, A Wide Bridge or a Bulbous Tip?
I have performed Rhinoplasty for over 20 years and IMHO, reducing a wide bridge is easier both technically and aesthetically than decreasing a bulbous tip. Be sure select a Rhinoplasty Surgeon that understands and follows the proper aesthetics of facial (and nasal) beauty.
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Wide Bridge Versus Bulbous Tip and Rhinoplasty Surgery
My opinion is that correcting a wide bridge is generally easier than reshaping a bulbous nasal tip. The former involves a more predictable surgical technique in a good majority of cases. There are certainly going to be exceptions to every rule, but in general narrowing a wide bridge is more readily done than defining a bulbous nasal tip.
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Fixing a wide bridge or bulbous tip
Both a wide bridge and bulbous tip can be treated using modern rhinoplasty techniques. Tip work is generally more complex than narrowing a wide bridge. Tip bulbosity can be caused by several factors including cartilage size and orientation and skin thickness. Many methods are available to address the cartilage aspect. Skin thickness is harder to address, though in some people the skin can be thinned somewhat to help with improving the appearance.
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Difficulty of Rhinoplasty Tip or Bridge Surgery
Hi legallyblonde502,
Easy may be a relative term for plastic surgery. Rhinoplasty generally is a difficult operation due to many factors, including some unpredictably in the healing period after surgery. Both bridge and tip surgery may be easier than another when comparing the two different areas, but nothing is necessarily easy in rhinoplasty. After a comprehensive evaluation by a rhinoplasty surgeon can he/she help determine the degree of difficulty for your potential...
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The margin of error in tip rhinoplasty is a millimeter or 2 while for the bridge being a millimeter off does not show so much. Also thick nasal skin can decrease the visibility of tip surgery more than bridge surgery. Therefore tip surgery is more difficult than bridge surgery although both require sufficient surgical skill.
My response to your question/post does not represent formal medical advice or constitute a doctor patient relationship. You need to consult with i.e. personally see...
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Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
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The easier fix in rhinoplasty, wide bridge, or full tip
Given our understanding of rhinoplasty today, the wide bridge and bulbous tip are both correctable with ease if your surgeon has the experience. Of course there are limitations as to what your tissue will do and a careful consultation can help you sort out the proper plan.
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Wide bridge or bulbous tip
Both a wide bridge and a bulbous tip can be repaired but if the skin is very thick it may be difficult to narrow the tip enough to your satisfaction.
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Wide bridge or tip rhinoplasty.
Wide bridge or tip rhinoplasty are both easy to perform if the surgeon knows how to do this. Find an experienced rhinoplasty surgeon and go over these things with him.
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