Does making the nose bridge narrower also make it higher?

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I have a wide bridge and while my bridge isn't too low, I'd like it to be slightly higher. My profile is straight and I don't have a hump. Can osteotomies accomplish both these goals - making the bridge narrower and higher at the same time? Or will I need cartilage augmentation to make the bridge higher?

Kenneth Hughes, MD · Answer

You can obtain some elevation with the narrowing of the bridge.Find a board certified plastic surgeon who performs hundreds  
of rhinoplasties and rhinoplasty revisions each year.  Then look at the 
 plastic surgeon's website before and after photo galleries to get a   
sense of who can deliver the results. 	Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA

William Portuese, MD · Answer

When medial and lateral osteotomies are performed as a stand-alone procedure, there is a slight elevation of the mid bridge area. If a significant augmentation is needed, then a cartilage graft will be required to the nasal bridge in addition to the osteotomies to narrow the bridge line. For many examples, please see the link below

Steven Wallach, MD · Answer

If you have a low nasal bridge, then you probably need a dorsal onlay graft. Osteotomies narrow the nose and do not really raise the bridge.

Somyos Kunachak, MD - Account Suspended · Answer

Dear Nosey1,Osteotomy technically narrows the bridge of the nose, giving it more definition, however, with this, the bridge may also appear higher though in reality, it's height didn't change. A little more height can be achieved from septal graft, a thin piece of gore-tex, or medpore, or non-surgically, by permanent fillers or fat transfer.

Does making the nose bridge narrower also make it higher?

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Answer: Osteotomy for wide nose bridge

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Does making the nose bridge narrower also make it higher?

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