Can alarplasty fix a large nostril/alar crease and therefore make the nose look smaller? (Photo)

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I have a very defined nasal/alar crease. The crease where my nostril meets my cheek and the indent that curves up towards the tip of my nose is very prominent. From the front my nose just looks wide, with an ill-define tip. When I smile, those creases become extremely noticeable. I added a very bad photoshop of what I would ideally like my alar crease to look like. I also have a slightly overhanging alar. I am considering a tip-plasty as well to create a more defined tip.

Mark Baldwin, MBBS · Answer

I'm not sure it's possible to do exactly what you've shown in the photoshopped image. (Which is way overdone anyways, it looks too too small in that image). Some improvement is possible, but I think you'd need to be asking yourself is this *really* that big a deal for you? Maybe your nose is not perfect, but who is? Remember, there's no such thing as a 'small' rhinoplasty, or 'minor tip work' etc etc.

Stefano Cotrufo, MD, PhD, EBOPRAS · Answer

Thank you for posting so many pictures.Your concern is understandable if you look at your skin thickness and probably a dermatologist could help you to work on it. Possibly things will get better with age as the skin becomes thinner.If instead you look at the shape of your nostrils, it is difficult to confirm by the pictures of you are really a candidate for alar base reduction.You are certainly very young and and surgical procedure should be taken very seriously, including a full understanding of outcome and consequence of any complication.I would suggest to seek your family support to start with and then consult a plastic surgeon with obvious experience in nose surgery as well as a dermatologist if your concern is about the skin thickness.I hope this will help.Best,

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