How can I fix my slanted nose? I hate the way my nose slants to my right side. (Photos)

Question

From the front it’s bulbous and misshapen, but from the side pointed and even (which I like). How can I fix this? Is surgery outrageous for an issue this minor?

Ronald J. Edelson, MD · Answer

I agree that your profile is good. Correcting s crooked nose is difficult but even more so when you don’t want or need your nose reduced at all.  Reducing a nose does facilitate making it straighter.

Nima Shemirani, MD · Answer

Dear gnats,These types of noses should be evaluated in person to see what the cause isTypically, it can be due to crooked bones or a crooked (deviated) septum...each of these issues have different treatmentsWhen you are ready, please visit a rhinoplasty specialist that can examine you and present you with an effective plan to help you have a straighter noseBest,Dr. Nima

Toby Mayer, MD · Answer

Rhinoplasty for crooked nose and bulbous tip. This can be done with the closed rhinoplasty by a very experienced rhinoplasty surgeon. See several to evaluate your nose who do natural noses and not the overdone look.

Richard G. Reish, MD, FACS · Answer

Hello and thank you for your question. Based on your
photograph, you may benefit from rhinoplasty with spreader grafts to help improve the straightness of your nose.  Make sure you specifically look at
before and after pictures of real patients who have had this surgery performed
by your surgeon and not just a computer animation system.
The most important aspect is to find a surgeon you are comfortable with. I
recommend that you seek consultation with a qualified board-certified plastic
surgeon who can evaluate you in person.
Best wishes and good luck.
Richard G. Reish, M.D. FACS
Harvard-trained plastic surgeon

Zoran Potparic, MD · Answer

Based on these photos you have deviation of the septum and tip of the nose to the right as well as bulbous tip. This can be corrected with surgery that will involve correction of the tip and nose septum with cartilage grafts taken from septum. It is fairly extensive nose surgery best done in general anesthesia. In person evaluation is needed to give you more accurate plan of treatment. Good luck.

Daniel B. Kim, MD · Answer

Thanks so much for reaching out and sharing photos! As easy as it would be to give an opinion from your photos, the best option would be to start by going on a few in person consultations with experienced board certified surgeons to learn about all options and if surgery is the best option. If you are unhappy, then of course a minor fix is not outrageous!! Best of luck. Dr. Kim

Aaron Stone, MD · Answer

In your photo the bone part of the bridge looks straight and symmetric. This slant is due to a bend in the septal cartilage. The fix involves surgery specifically a septoplasty. The septum has to be isolated from surrounding tissues and then either a trapdoor cut is made near the tip or a central section of the septum is removed leaving mucosa and outermost parts of the septal cartilage intact in order to fix the problem i.e. straighten the septum. The surgery is not outrageous and in fact is fairly common. As for the tip part of what you are seeing is due to the septal deviation. You can have the septoplasty alone or in combination with tip surgery. That is up to you.I hope you realize that this format of posting questions and receiving answers lacks the face to face direct communication required for you to make an informed decision regarding your surgery.
My response to your question/post does not represent formal medical advice or constitute a doctor patient relationship. You need to consult with i.e. personally see a board certified plastic surgeon in order to receive a formal evaluation and develop a doctor patient relationship in order to know if this assessment is valid.

Johnson C. Lee, MD · Answer

A crooked nose is best treated with surgical rhinoplasty. This may require manipulation of both your bone and cartilages to make your nose more straight. An in-office evaluation will better determine what parts of your nose are causing the deviation. Hope this helps!Johnson C. Lee, MD
Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon
IG: @drjohnsonlee

Jeremy B. White, MD · Answer

To improve the bulbous nasal tip, your rhinoplasty will need to have a combination of cartilage removal from certain parts of the tip combined with cartilage addition in other parts. You will also require a septoplasty to straighten your septum and special grafts to splint it and keep it closer to the midline. This can all be done as an outpatient procedure through closed rhinoplasty, which uses small incisions inside your nose and cuts down on your swelling.

William Portuese, MD · Answer

A  closed rhinoplasty procedure can accomplish  straightening the crooked nose with all the incisions placed on the inside of it. No external insertions are required. To straighten the crooked nasal bones requires osteotomies. The mid-portion of the nose is treated with a spreader graft placed underneath the concave upper lateral cartilage creating the slanted effect. A tip rhinoplasty is required if the nasal to cartilages are asymmetric such as cartilage removal and cartilage grafting techniques. For many examples of crooked noses repaired with close rhinoplasty, please see the link and the video below

How can I fix my slanted nose? I hate the way my nose slants to my right side. (Photos)

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