Alarplasty to Become Wide Again?

        An alarplasty will reduce the alar base, and, once healed, the result should be long-lasting.   Find a plastic surgeon with ELITE credentials who performs hundreds of rhinoplasties and rhinoplasty revisions each year.  Then look at the plastic surgeon's website before and after photo galleries to get a sense of who can deliver the results.

Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA

Following an alarplasty, the nostrils will not become wide again. I would recommend consulting with a board certified rhinoplasty specialist, as they will be able to provide you with advice. I hope this helps, and I wish you the best of luck.

I have never experienced lateral drifting after an Alar base reduction. I suppose anything is possible but it would be most unusual.