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The width of the base of the nostrils must balance with the size of the tip, and the distance between the eyes, or the intercanthal distance. If your nose is in the middle of the three pictures, a combined Weir/sill incision would best address the width and flare of your nostrils.
The alar base can be narrowed by removing a wedge of skin and soft tissue and carefully closing the incision. The location of the excision determines the effect. When the excision is taken from the nostril floor, this results in reduction of inter-alar width, or the horinzontal distance between the nostrils. When it is taken from the alar side-walls, it reduced the alar flare, or curvature of the ala. It looks like you could benefit from a bit of both. Best of luck
I agree that the base of your nose is too wide. A surgeon could consider narrowing the nostrils and reducing alar flare. This would decrease the width of the base of the nose. The scars are hidden where the nose meets the face and within the nostril.
I usually need to see pictures of your whole face and nose from frontal, basal, oblique and side views before making an assessment of your nostril and alar lobule aesthetics. Your pictures show asymmetry of both nostril and alar lobule. It seems to me your left nostril is larger and there is more alar flaring on your left side. Though not obvious in the first and the third picture, your inter-alar width seems wide in the second picture. Therefore, based on the pictures provided, you may perhaps benefit alarplasty to narrow the nostrils and correct asymmetry.
If your middle photo is your nose, and the others are your goals, you should be a good candidate for this procedure. Discuss this with a plastic surgeon with experience with Asian rhinoplasty.
I think you need to give it some more time to allow proper healing. At this point in the recovery process you are undoubtedly still seeing some degree of swelling from the actual procedure. With time and scar conctracture this area should improve steadily. You are right that 5 mm of excision on...
Alar base reduction will narrow the nostrils by removing 3-4 mm of skin at the floor of the nose and is a good procedure. This can also be done just under a local anesthesia.
There is no set amount that needs to be removed. It all depends on the current width of your nose, whether your nose flares with smiling, and what will still maintain a natural appearance with the rest of your face. Generally, the recommendation of "x mm" will refer to each side....
