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Is this Alar Notching/ Retraction? (Photo)

Dynamic528330Jul 20, 2023
I’ve noticed my nostrils have taken a weird shape after rhinoplasty. What is this? Is it difficult to fix? Who can fox this. I would like to have rounded looking nostrils again.

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