Lateral Crura Overlay? Can My Revision Be Reversed?

         Removing lateral crural strut grafts can be performed.   I would have to evaluate why they were placed in the revision.  The correction of the inverted v is one thing and the placement of lateral crural grafts is another.  Find a plastic surgeon with ELITE credentials who performs hundreds of rhinoplasties and rhinoplasty revisions each year.  Then look at the plastic surgeon's website before and after photo galleries to get a sense of who can deliver the results.  Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA

Most undesired effects of rhinoplasty can be reversed, but the best person is your original surgeon who knows exactly what was done if that is possible.

Yes it can. I have done it multiple times before. Careful separation of the tissues under the cartilage must be carried out, and sometimes a supporting sheath of cartilage may have to be used to realign and re-support the desired length of the cartilage.

The lateral crural overly, or placing cartilage over the nasal tip does indeed add volume = a wider nasal tip.  You should ask your Rhinoplasty Surgeon what was placed, where and the best methods possible to thin the nasal tip moving forward.