Hello, I had surgery almost 2 years ago and my nose and nostrils are starting to look bulky and less defined. Why would this happen?! The left is shortly after the surgery, the right is now.
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November 13, 2024
Answer: You appear to have a pleasing nasal profile appearance!
Hello and thank you for your question and the pictures. You actually have a difficult problem. To properly address your nose and improve your facial balance, you would need an open rhinoplasty with nasal tip deprojection to improve the overall harmony of your different facial features. Only the...
Based on your photos, you appear to have very thin nasal skin, and the vertical line going in between your nasal tip cartilages is the natural bifurcation in between your right and left tip cartilages that may have become more visible after rhinoplasty surgery. If I had to guess, your nasal...
Christopher David Jones, MBBS, BSc, FRCS (Plast) says:
Within the right nostril there is projection of cartilage. To be more accurate this is the medial crus of the lower lateral cartilage. This piece of cartilage normally forms the columella which separates the two nostrils. This piece of cartilage may be projecting into the nostril because the...
