I'm not too concerned about the projection of my nose, but more so the roundness of the nostrils and the wide alar base. Would an alar base reduction suffice or would I have to get a complete rhino to reduce bridge width too?
January 5, 2022
Answer: Reduce the width of my nose? In general, a good physical exam is necessary to determine all aspects of the nasal anatomy prior to determining the best course of action. When one undergoes rhinoplasty, a maneuver to change one aspect may have other unintended consequences. For example, if one undergoes Alar base with reduction, this can make the tip and the upper part of the nose appear more broad. Two narrow the upper part of the nose, often a technique called in fracture is used too thin that part of the nose. There are many techniques used for the tip to make it thinner including tip sutures, cartilage grafts and such. These are all topics that you will hear about during an evaluation by a rhinoplasty surgeon. Given the photographs, my opinion would be not to do just an Alar base reduction.
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January 5, 2022
Answer: Reduce the width of my nose? In general, a good physical exam is necessary to determine all aspects of the nasal anatomy prior to determining the best course of action. When one undergoes rhinoplasty, a maneuver to change one aspect may have other unintended consequences. For example, if one undergoes Alar base with reduction, this can make the tip and the upper part of the nose appear more broad. Two narrow the upper part of the nose, often a technique called in fracture is used too thin that part of the nose. There are many techniques used for the tip to make it thinner including tip sutures, cartilage grafts and such. These are all topics that you will hear about during an evaluation by a rhinoplasty surgeon. Given the photographs, my opinion would be not to do just an Alar base reduction.
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Answer: Narrowing the nose during Rhinoplasty: Narrowing the nose during rhinoplasty: in the pictures you present your nose appears to be wide in the bridge, in the tip, and at the alar base. Typically all three of these areas would be addressed. However if a patient chooses to address just the alar bases, or just the alar bases and the tip, leaving the bridge alone, that can be done if the surgeon agrees to it.
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Answer: Narrowing the nose during Rhinoplasty: Narrowing the nose during rhinoplasty: in the pictures you present your nose appears to be wide in the bridge, in the tip, and at the alar base. Typically all three of these areas would be addressed. However if a patient chooses to address just the alar bases, or just the alar bases and the tip, leaving the bridge alone, that can be done if the surgeon agrees to it.
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