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Nasal Tip Looks Like a Ball Post Rhinoplasty, How can this be Fixed? (photo)

asked 6 months ago by anon
Latest answer by Laxmeesh Mike Nayak, MD
Question viewed 108 times
Tags: nose tip

It has been well over a year since my rhinoplasty and I am very unhappy with the my nasal tip...it looks like a little ball. I assume this is from grafting but I wonder will this "ball" reduce with time or is it there forever? Can anything be done short of revision rhinoplasty?

4 answers to Nasal Tip Looks Like a Ball Post Rhinoplasty, How can this be Fixed? (photo)

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Ball Tip Post Rhinoplasty

It is difficult to evaluate your tip with the limited picture you submitted. However, we typically use the term 'ball tip' to describe a tip that is round and full. Yours appears small, collapsed and contracted. You probably will need tip grafts to improve the point and contour.
Richard W. Fleming, MD

Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.bevhills.com

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Excessive dome definition after rhinoplasty

From the photos you provide, you have more tip definition than desirable. This results from a combination of one or both of the following: over-definition of the tip carriages and/or very thin, unforgiving skin envelope. This particular condition can be treated with revision rhinoplasty, but is also fairly easily improved with injectable fillers to soften up the tip of your overly defined nose. Either option, in capable hands, is likely to result in success. more
Laxmeesh Mike Nayak, MD

Saint Louis Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.nayakplasticsurgery.com

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Tip of nose looks like little ball

It does appear from the limited photo that you had excessive tip work done. I.e. excessive cartilage removal and perhaps permanent sutures in the tip bunching it up too much. After one year this will likely require revision surgery and possible tip grafts. Probably an open approach will be recommended. Get several opinions.
Andrew Pichler, MD

Sacramento Facial Plastic Surgeon

facedr.com

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Nasal Tip Revision

It is hard to say from the limited photo you have posted, but you will likely need revision work to address and refine the nasal tip to be less round.
Kimberly Lee, MD

Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

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