What can be done to fix issues? I have thin skin. I had grafts done during revision.
Hello! Thank you for your question.From the photos your nose looks crooked and it looks like the graft on the tip mooved. It is showing too much and I am pretty sure it is very hard tip. I recommend you a revision surgery, you will most probably need a cartilage reconstruction.Best regards!
There are lots of different kinds of grafts-- we'd want to know whether what we see at the tip of your nose is graft material, or how your natural cartilages were handled during the operation. In general, though, the task is to see what's causing the nose to look unnatural, figure out what to change to get it better, and make a surgical plan that's as predictable as possible. What I see most are how the tip seems to draw attention, and that dent in the tip, and the whole lower half of the nose seems wide-ish, and you didn't post profile or near-profile photos, but it looks as though the tip could be elevated as well.Generally, in a complicated revision, it's a good thing to make the overall nose smaller, if possible, so whatever problems remain, they reside on a smaller nose, and thus they are themselves smaller and hopefully bug us less. How long has it been since your surgery? There doesn't seem to be a huge amount of swelling in these photos.How *much* to make these changes? We figure that out with morphs, well before surgery. I'd love for you to see some excellent professionally-designed morphs of what could possibly be done with your nose. Morphs could also help you identify better just what's bothering you, and help you set a goal for the rhinoplasty that's accurate for your tastes. Profile and three-quarter views would be particularly important in morphing your nose. (Side note: in my opinion, morphs should really be done by the surgeon, or he should direct an assistant as she makes the morphs. Morphs should be made with a constant eye to what actually *can* be done in surgery, for that particular nose, and the surgeon has that information and judgment best.)Finally, remember that rhinoplasty is an exquisitely difficult operation to get right, and you should only have surgery if you are able to make yourself very confident in your surgeon's skills. The changes that your nose needs require advanced techniques, and skill that most plastic surgeons don't possess with expertise. For most noses, it's much better to not have surgery than to have inexpertly-performed surgery. Read my essay on how to stay out of trouble while selecting a rhinoplasty surgeon. And it also discusses how to take photos that are best for online evaluations.And for those like you who have had previous surgery, it also discusses how to tell whether your first surgeon should be performing your revision.
