I am post op day 11. I feel like my new nose does not fit my face, the tip is so high and the entire nose is very pig like. In certain angles I look like i have Michael Jackson’s nose. My surgeon said I have thick skin so he was going to make the tip a little higher because it will come down, but I feel like it’s too high? Will it eventually look normal on my face?
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The defect your nose demonstrates is likely from the nasal bones not meeting along your dorsum. I suspect that you had a nasal dorsal hump prior to surgery. When the hump was lowered in order to prevent an “open roof deformity” of the nasal dorsum the nasal bones are fractured on the sides...
I have seen a similar situation before that was due to changes in nasal tip cartilage with age combined with thinning of nasal skin and subcutaneous tissues which made cartilage asymmetry more visible. It could be improved with a tip rhinoplasty or possibly with a fat graft to soften it and ...
Dear jessicakplano,You already have a pretty nose to work with because you do not need augmentation of your bridgeI would focus on narrowing the tip, giving it more support and definition with cartilage grafting, as well as narrowing the nostrilsI think you would have a very nice resultBest...