Am I a good candidate for a natural-looking rhinoplasty? (Photos)

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Hi, I appreciate my nose is ethnic but the rest of my family have smaller, well-shaped, symmetrical noses, and I feel as though I have been unlucky :( I would like to refine it, subtly. I think the bridge near my eye area is too wide and that the tip is too bulbous and falls to the right. I just want a symmetrical nose that co-exists with the rest of my facial features in the right proportions. Note, I don't mind my side profiles. Are these goals realistic or am I being delusional?

Suleyman Tas, MD, FEBOPRAS · Answer

Hello,
Thank you for your question. I believe you are a good candidate for rhinoplasty and your expectations are realistic. Your nose can be significantly improved by the Closed Atraumatic Rhinoplasty. You may benefit from the alignment and overall reduction of your nose, and refinement of the droopy and bulbous tip. Consult an experienced Board Certified plastic surgeon for the best options. To find out more before and after pictures please click on the attached link.
Best Regards

Adam Bryce Weinfeld, MD · Answer

Based on your photos, I do feel your goals are realistic and you are a good candidate for a rhinoplasty.  I recommend you schedule a consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon who is very experienced in rhinoplasty surgery. Best of luck.

Tanveer Janjua, MD · Answer

The nose is wide in the tip (bulbous) and also in upper half where the nasal bones are. Tip plasty to narrow the tip and osteotomies to narrow the upper half will give you the balance that you are looking for. RegardsDr. J

Pejman Aflaki, MD · Answer

Hello and thank you for the question and sharing your photos. I believe you are good candidate for  rhinoplasty. You benefit from a rhinoplasty procedure focusing on nasal tip refinement, narrowing the top of the nose, and alar base reduction. My best advice is that you discuss your concerns and aesthetic goals with a board-certified plastic surgeon with extensive experience in performing rhinoplasty. I would ask to see before and after pictures of their real patients. It's important that you trust your surgeon's skills and ability to achieve the results you are looking for. In particular, pay attention to your surgeon's experience with rhinoplasty. Best,
Pejman Aflaki, M.D.
  
Johns Hopkins-trained double board-certified plastic surgeon

Michael A. Persky, MD · Answer

Hi Heythere,Yes, you can achieve your rhinoplasty goals with surgery by an expert rhinoplasty surgeon.  It is essential that you choose your surgeon most carefully based on their skill, knowledge, experience, care, and natural artistic vision.  I recommend Ari Hyman, MD.  Dr. Hyman is a true artist and his rhinoplasty results are naturally beautiful.  Good luck and be well.  Dr. P

Richard G. Reish, MD, FACS · Answer

Hello and thank you for your question. You are a great candidate for a natural appearing rhinoplasty. Based on your photographs, you may benefit from a tip refining rhinoplasty which can be performed by trimming, suturing, and reshaping the cartilage in your lower nose. You may also benefit from a cephalic rotation of your tip to turn up your tip slightly. 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. You should be able to view numerous pictures of actual patients with noses similar to yours performed by your surgeon. If you cannot find enough real before and after pictures, then consider continuing your search for a surgeon. Best wishes and good luck.

Richard G. Reish, M.D. FACS

Harvard-trained plastic surgeon

Richard G. Reish, M.D. FACS

Harvard-trained plastic surgeon

Michael A. Carron, MD · Answer

Hi, your question is a good one. Your question is straightforward but the answer is not that easy.  The main thing is that with rhinoplasty we cannot custom order or custom design a nose.....like what we can do with creating a new kitchen or bath....The goal is to optimize the nose as best we can.  That being said, skin thickness is very very very important.  I have a very large patient population with similar type of nasal structure. I always treat the skin before any operation even if it takes a year! One the skin is optimized THEN I perform the operation.  There are maneuvers that can be performed in order to help with the contour of the nose.

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