I had a rhinoplasty without alarplasty on december 2018. I am still not satisfied I need a narrower nostris and to lift my upper lip. I noticed that lip lift would widen the nostrils and alarplasty may cause the upper lip a little drop down. So can I mix them together to avoid the headache of repeating the recovery time?
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Thank you for your question. Rhinoplasty can be performed using a closed technique (all incisions inside the nose) or an open technique (single external incision). The incision used for open rhinoplasty is a single cut underneath the nose on the columella between the nostrils. The scarring left...
Hello, thank you for your question and provided information based on them it can be said about that an alar base reduction is performed due to narrow the width of nostrils and requires sutures.As you are in your healing phase you will have edema and swelling and they will go down with time, du...
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