What Happens After Fat Removal from the Nose Tip?

Defatting the nasal skin is sometimes performed to further refine the tip in patients with thick tissues. However, this can cause irregularities and even skin necrosis if over done.  I am not a big fan of this technique and reserve it for the rare patient.

When the fat is removed from the skin at the tip of the nose, there should be no perceptible regrowth with weight gain. There are, however, many problems associated with imprudent fat removal from this location including devascularization (impairment of the blood supply) of the skin resulting in skin loss or undesirable thinning; scarring, deformity and skeletonization whereby the contours of the underlying cartilages can be seen in an abnormal way.