Narrowing a Thick-Skinned Nose?

October 13, 2010
Asked By:Adrian2173

My surgeon said my skin is thick and proposed an alar base reduction so that it would fit within the width of both eyes, but the wide tip would become more apparent. He said no work could be done to the tip. However, my nose has a wide section of skin that separates the ala from the tip, which makes the nose look wider in a frontal view. In fact the angle is 90 degrees on each side. Can this section of skin be taken off so that the angle decreases, thus making it more triangular?

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August 27, 2012

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