Can a bifid nose tip and a little groove at the tip be fixed by bringing the cartilage together? (Photo)

Hello and thank you for your question. The bifid nature of your lower lateral cartilage can be fixed with surgery by suturing the cartilage together.  Based on your photograph, you may also benefit from a tip refining rhinoplasty and a cephalic rotation of your tip to turn up your tip slightly.  Make sure you specifically look at before and after pictures of real patients who have had this surgery performed by your surgeon and not just a computer animation system.  You should be able to view numerous pictures of actual patients with noses similar to yours performed by your surgeon.  If you cannot find enough real before and after pictures, then consider continuing your search for a surgeon. Best wishes and good luck.


Richard G. Reish, M.D. FACS

Harvard-trained plastic surgeon
 

Hello,
A bifid tip can be corrected %100 percent with lower lateral repositioning,(to a degree),suturing the domes and a cap graft to the tip (ıf needed) and a shield graft(if needed) to infralobule. I would definitely choose the surgery over non-invasive procedures since a refinement in the tip would be more accurate than filling the space between cartilages to hide the bifidity,plus the surgery is a permanent solution. It is of course the best to discuss all those with a certified plastic surgeon