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Is this possible to achieve in revision alarplasty? (Photos)

Exuberant8297Nov 24, 2020
I had an alar base reduction where my right nostril was overresected and verticalized. I was wondering if the results in the second picture where I pull with a tweezer is possible?

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Stefano Cotrufo, MD, PhD, EBOPRAS

Thank you for posting so many pictures.Your concern is understandable if you look at your skin thickness and probably a dermatologist could help you to work on it. Possibly things will get better with age as the skin becomes thinner.If instead you look at the shape of your nostrils, it is...

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Edwin Kwon, MD, FACS

You can certainly do only a tip and alarplasty, but you may be limiting yourself in what you can achieve for your nose. If your bridge is also low and you do not augment the bridge, you are limited in terms of how much projection you can achieve in your nasal tip due to the resulting...

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An alar-plasty simply narrows wide nostrils. The photographs demonstrate alar retraction, which is going to require a composite skin and cartilage graft from the ear.

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