I like my nose from the side but hate the front - what type of surgery would I need? (Photos)

As a board certified plastic surgeon who performs hundreds of rhinoplasties a year, I see patients on a daily basis who like their noses from certain angles, but not from others. In your case, your profile is lovely, but the width of your nose is disharmonious with the rest of your face. The type of surgery you would need is a rhinoplasty that addresses the width while preserving the elegance of your profile. While it sounds like magic, I assure you that it’s possible if performed by someone with years of experience with rhinoplasty surgery! Knowing which elements to preserve is crucial to producing a beautiful rhinoplasty result. I recommend consulting in person with a board certified plastic surgeon to discuss your concerns.

What bothers you most about your nose is the tip, which is rather bulbous and ill-defined. We could give the tip of your nose greater definition and refinement by trimming the lower lateral cartilages, and suturing the medial crura together, but because your nasal skin is thick, we would also place some cartilage grafts harvested from the nasal septum inside the nose and from the conchal cartilage of one of your ears in order achieve greater projection and definition of the nasal tip beneath the skin. However, once we have refined the nasal tip in this manner, the bridge of your nose will appear wider, so we would probably perform concomitant nasal osteotomies to narrow it, and create better proportions between the upper and lower portions of your nose.

What are your goals for the front view of your nose? A rhinoplasty can certainly reshape many aspects of your nose on front view, and can keep your profile and dorsum essentially untouched while refining the tip and alae to meet your goals.