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Hello and thank you for your question. Based on yourphotograph, you may benefit from a tip refining rhinoplasty. Your surgeon canaccomplish this by trimming, suturing, and reshaping the cartilage in yourlower nose. Make sure you specifically look at before and afterpictures of real patients who have had this surgery performed by your surgeonand not just a computer animation system. The most importantaspect is to find a surgeon you are comfortable with. I recommend that you seekconsultation with a qualified board-certified plastic surgeon who can evaluateyou in person.Best wishes and good luck.Richard G. Reish, M.D.Harvard-trained plastic surgeon
A full set of facial photographs are required to make a determination about a surgical procedure on the nose. Thick skin in the tip of the nose prevents refinement in that area. To narrow the bulbous tip requires suture techniques and a conservative cartilage removal. Osteotomies placed in the nasal bones can accomplish and narrowing them as well. For more information and many before and after rhinoplasty examples, please see the link and the video below
Contact your surgeon for a referral. He may want to send your medical records to the new treating surgeon.
The thickness of the skin is determined at the time of the examination and consultation. It's important to understand this concept since, thin-skinned individuals and thick-skinned individuals heal completely different with a rhinoplasty procedure. Patients who have thick skin undergo steroid...
I'm sure every surgeon has a different postoperative routine and rationale for it. It's not that one is wrong and one is right. It is always advisable to follow your surgeons instructions. I typically don't retype after the first week, however I have in certain situations. Additionally,...