I hit a bone inside my nose. Is my nose normal? (photo)

It's really likely that this is all due to the distribution of the residual swelling following the rhinoplasty and will resolve completely over time. The likelihood that you could cause any permanent changes by wearing sunglasses for 5 seconds (or even for several minutes for that matter) is...

  There are several ways to address this.  Many surgeons will use an alar cinch suture to prevent this widening after a maxillary advancement prior to closure.  This would be an option at this time as well as alteration of the alar base through an external approach.Find a board...

Although your after results show an acceptable surgical results, it appears that your new nose is very different from your original nose. It does not matter how good the result may be surgically if its not appropriate for your face, or the results were too different from what you expected.In the...

Hi Spring,There are many ways to refine nostrils, it is not limited to just alar reduction.  In fact, alar reduction is the least used method to reshape nostrils.  The cartilages underlying the nostrils are usually reshaped to change the nostril shape.  As with any aesthetic...

The columella strut graft and suture techniques rotated and shortened your nose.  Additionally, removing the bump and creating a curve to the nasal dorsum adds to the rotated/shortened appearance of the nose.  Simply undoing these maneuvers will not reverse the results, but they will...

The closed versus open rhinoplasty debate is really a surgeon's preference is to which approach to perform the surgery from. We perform septoplasty, turbinate surgery, dorsal hump removal and rhinoplasty through closed techniques.