Excessive Nose Flaring - What Procedure is Best?

Excessive nasal Flaring or widening of the nasal opening can affect the overall look of the nose and the person. The size and the flaring of the nostrils can be reduced by rhinoplasty. It is very important to examine the results of your plastic surgeon prior to surgery in order to see their experience with this procedure. The last thing that you want is to look like Michele Jackson!

If you have well defined alar sills and large nostrils, the alar base excision can often be limited to that area and does not have to come up the lateral walls of the nose into the alar creases. Without a picture, I cannot tell if this approach would apply to you. But also, as you state, your nostrils are small so this may not work for you. Excising tissue at the alar facial junction without narrowing the nostril may be your only surgical answer. It is always my preference to narrow... more