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Can you move the alar rim back to where it was before? (Photo)

Plucky183189Aug 22, 2024
My surgeon moved my alar rim closer to my columella. He didn’t take much off, less than 1mm, but he moved it a lot, leaving a round shape to it that I didn’t like. Is it possible to move it back to where it was before, further away from the columella? Sorry if I mispelled something, english is not my first language.

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