Can I Use Corticosteroid on the Nose for a Small Reduction?

Using topical corticosteroid on the nose will not give you a smaller nose or reduce the size of your tip. Steroid injections after surgery can help reduce soft tissue or post-operative scar when used judiciously by your surgeon. Steroid injections are not used in place of a rhinoplasty, and will not reshape or reduce your tip cartilage. There are also risks to steroid injections such as uneven depressions, hypopigmentation, and thinning of the skin.

Cortisone is not for cartilage reduction of the nose. The small amount of reduction can be done closed but requires surgery.