My left nostril the base of my nose has been completely cut out which has pulled my nostril skin down to the scar and completey changed the angle of my nostril causing it to flare out and be open and large, like a piggy nostril. You can see nostril skin that use to be in the back of my nose just by looking at me face on please how can this be improved? I want it to resemble my right nostril as much as it possibly can I don’t know what to do?
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March 2, 2023
Answer: Correction of nostril asymmetry after lip lift
Providing that patient is from the area and can come for 10-12 day follow up, we use non-resorbable, naylon sutures for skin closure. Different, resorbable sutures are used for closure of deep layers of tissue. Hope this helps.
Stitches come out in 5 days and with applying Lash (laser assisting skin healing) the incisions heal to near invisibility 30% to 40% quicker than without it.
It appears that distance between the upper lip and nose is on the longer side (14-20mm norma). In that case, lip lift procedure would benefit you to enlarge upper lift and visually shorten the lower third of the face. It is impossible to comment whether other procedures could help to make your...