I am an 18-year-old Caucasian woman and had open rhinoplasty to lift my tip 10 months ago. I have thick sebaceous skin. My concern is that 10 months PO, the nose still changes appearance, looking fairly decent on rare occasions (image 1), but mostly resembling my old nose (image 2). In the past 2 weeks, after a kenalog shot, the squishy bump relocated itself on the lower part of the dorsum. Is this a normal occurrence in your experience?
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Seborrheic dermatitis is a condition where there is red flaky skin usually in the Tzone of the face. I believe it would be a benefit for you to get this controlled before considering an alar plasty. Over the counter measures that you can do to improve upon this include using Nizoral shampoo as a...
It's impossible to know whether or not digital manipulation has resulted in a change in your nasal appearance. Digital manipulation of the nose can lead to nose bleeds and a septal perforation. Please consider re asking your question with photographs for a more detailed answer. Thank you....
The nasal SMAS layer is mostly along the side walls of the nose, and this consist largely of the dilator nasal muscles. When somebody has thick skin that limits tip definition, we may perform a defatting of the nasal tip skin to make it a bit thinner. Some people have extensive sebaceous glands...
