-anesthesia resident, s/p tertiary revision 5/2012-bridge and tip widened with septal cartilage I have a persistent issue plaguing me- ATROPHY ALONG ENTIRE RIGHT LATERAL NOSE WALL AND TIP. ALSO SLIGHT 2-3 mm DEVIATION OF TIP TO THE LEFT. I believe the atrophy is causing the deviation due to reduced firmness. Fat graft v silicone v ? Goals: to restore fullness to R side and symmetry, restore straightness and discrete line of light, nonsurgically preferably. Will be in SoCal in May for consults.
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Your tip can be improved with a limited revision to refine your result and lift your hanging columella. It is not easy but can be done by an experienced surgeon.
You are very early in the healing phase. I think there are 3 reasons patients get polly beaks:
1. The tip is too weak and drops back making the lower part of the bridge appear too high forming a polly beak, this can be seen immediately after surgery or it can develop slowly as a weak tip...
Thanks for your inquiry
essentially everything you've been told thus far are the other physicians on Realself.com is accurate. You'll need a significant amount of cartilage grafting from your ear to extend the length of the nose, rebuild the mid-vault of your nose and make it...