Will Botox work to reduce the drop and nostril size or is a tip plasty/alarplasty needed? (Photos)

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Trying to avoid surgey, however want to raise the tip of the nose as it drops to overlap my top lip when smiling currently. Also want the width of the tip and nostrils to be reduced. Could botox work for this? If not, what would recovery look like for surgery and would this be considered a minor surgery?

William Portuese, MD · Answer

The least invasive procedure for you would be to form a closed rhinoplasty procedure with all incisions placed on the inside of the nose. This procedure can accomplish shaving down the dorsal hump, rotating the nasal tip cartilages upward, reducing the hanging columella, and narrowingof the nasal tip cartilages from the front view. To prevent the tip of the nose from drooping down dynamically when smiling requires releasing of the depressor septi ligament. All of the incisions are placed on the inside of the nose, and there's no painful packing placed inside the nose either. Digital computer imaging would be helpful to understand what can be accomplished with the your nose upon your facial features. The procedure is performed under general anesthesia, and a cast is applied across the nose for one week.

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