I had upturned curved nose, with wide, undefined tip. 2009 I had tip plasty to remove skin between tip and nasal flaps. Made tip look bigger. I had revision 2010, & 2nd revision Mar. 2011. He took from sides of tip only. I have poor definition in tip itself. I have thick skin, and 4 steroid shots. Last one was recent and it's done nothing. Will tip get narrower on sides? If not, will surgically removing scar tissue help soften tip and give me more definition? Thanks!
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There are a few ways of addressing collapsed nasal valves. These include batten grafts, lower lateral cartilage strut grafting (and/or repositioning) and spreader grafts. The idea is to strengthen the weakened nasal valves to help minimize collapse as you breath in.
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This is an interesting question. Often when people have a bad nasal septum they are unable to move enough air through the nose to reveal collapse of the nasal valve. When the septum is repaired, there is much more airflow. Once there is airflow, negative pressure can develop that then reveals...
Removing the tip graft should not cause additional damage. This grafts once they have healed they are attached to adjacent tissues, so they have to carefully be separated from them, they cannot just be "pulled out" Not sure if only local anesthesia is the right way to do this, though.
