Will a Rhinoplasty increase the length between my nose and lip?

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I'm getting a rhinoplasty and a bit of a tip reduction! Will that increase the length between my nose and lip ?

Kevin R. Hanz, MD · Answer

Rhinoplasty surgery allows you to change many relationships between the nose and the accompanying face.  It is this restoration of balance that is so impressive in a good surgery.  It is important to ask this and so many more questions of your experienced rhinoplasty surgeon.  I am confident that your goals can be achieved.  Do your homework, ask many questions and you and your rhinoplasty surgeoncan achieve great things.  Best of luck.

Richard W. Fleming, MD (retired) · Answer

Usually the distance between the nose and lip will not change with rhinoplasty surgery unless a hanging columella (strip  between the nostrils) is elevated giving the appearance of a longer upper lip.

Joseph M. Pober, MD, FACS - Account Suspended · Answer

Thank you for an excellent question.
To be brief, a rhinoplasty does not change the length of the upper lip or distance
between your nasal base (subnasale) and your lip (stomion) or oral commissures.This
distance (according to the facial canons of divine proportion) is attractive
when it is about a  third of the distance
from your nasal base (subnasale)  to the
bottom of your chin (menton). 
You may be thinking of the illusion of a smaller nose making the upper lip appear longer. this also does not usually occur because the vertical height of the cheek nasal junction remains the same after a rhinoplasty as well.  Making the base of the nose too narrow, can make the lip look wider. Again the facial canons of divine proportion suggest the lip width is attractive when its about 1.5 x the width of the base of the nose.

If you are simply concerned about excessive length of the upper lip,
there are procedures that can reduce the upper lip length and be combined or performed before or after a rhinoplasty.
Best.
Dr Joseph Pober,
Harvard-MIT Plastic Surgeon
Chief of Plastic Surgery
Hackensack UMCPV

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