I had my rhinoplasty done November 2020. I said my nose left too long and I didn't want the hump. If possible, I asked for a 'cute, girly' nose. I thought my nose looked nice on one side, but very quickly, I realised my nostrils are uneven and my nose is extremely upturned, hard and short. She said this was due to my already uneven nostrils pre surgery. Is my nose doomed now?
6 photos
Answers (1)
From board-certified doctors and trusted medical professionals
Good morning!The lumps in the nostrils are your medial crural footplates of your nasal cartilages. They are a normal anatomic structure, and some patients have more "flare" than others. It is possible to cinch them together with a suture, which can cause increase in projection of the tip. For...
Your nose can be effectively fixed. Based on your pictures, it appears that a tip-plasty to refine the tip of your nose would be necessary.
Make sure to consult with a board certified plastic surgeon well versed in that area.
Best of luck !
It's often difficult to "reverse the osteotomy," coaxing the bones out wider. If that can't be done, then some grafting on the sides can be accomplished, to make the upper part of the nose *look* as though the bones were wider. How much can be done for the width of the tip part of the nose...
