Can you add skin to nasal tip? (Photo)

Hello and thank you for your question. I would definitely never recommend a skin graft for your nasal tip. Based on your photograph, you may benefit from a tip refining rhinoplasty. Your surgeon can accomplish this by trimming, suturing, and reshaping the cartilage in your lower nose. Cartilage grafts may also be used to help improve tip refinement. With good surgical technique, you could have an outstanding result. I recommend that you seek consultation with a qualified board-certified rhinoplasty surgeon who can evaluate you in person.

Best wishes and good luck.

Richard G. Reish, M.D.
Harvard-trained plastic surgeon

Hi, It is better for you to consult with your facial plastic surgeon who can examine you and give you opinion based on examination.

Based on your photo, you appear to have relatively thin nasal skin with a cleft in between your nasal tip cartilages, and a bulbous nasal tip appearance. If this is causing you dissatisfaction, please consider meeting with several reputable rhinoplasty specialists, since I believe that would be the only way to achieve a narrower and less distracting nasal tip appearance. Thank you for your question, and I hope this is helpful. Sincerely, Dr. Joseph

You cannot add skin to the external nose. It would look very unattractive. It appears you would benefit from a tip rhinoplasty to reshape the tip of the nose and make it look more attractive.

Best Wishes,

Gary Horndeski, M.D.