Can having a nose job change your top lip? (photo)

Question

My tip is very low and pushes my lip underneath, I have noticed this as if I lift my top lip up I can see how it should actually be. So if I was to have my tip adjusted and lifted would this bring my natural top out to how it should be?

Metin Kerem, MD · Answer

Just like many patients around the world, you're seeking a refined tip look together with a more outward rotated top lip. During a rhinoplasty, your columella will be rotated to form a better angle, ending up with an indirect effect on your lip. However, I don't believe that this indirect effect will satisfy you. If I were you, I'd have a rhinoplasty first, see if I'm happy with it, and then maybe consider an additional procedure for upper lip rotation.

Ronald Schuster, MD · Answer

I think you have a few typos so I do not completely understand your question. Your ip is overly large and a bit droopy. Ther is a small amount of excessive columellar show. As this is reduced and your tip is rotated up (and made smaller) it will subtly cange the relatiive appearance of your upper lip. Discuss your concerns when you go for your consultations. Good luck.

Richard Mark Winters, MD · Answer

you appear to be a good candidate for a rhinoplasty.... you have a prominent dorsum, slightly long nose, overprojected/rotated tip and your tip obscures your upper lip with animationWhen the tip is poorly supported, facial animation activates a pair of muscles between the nose and upper lip for (depressor septi nasi)... tip support in the form of columellar strut grafts or septal extension grafts are effective in resisting the vector of downward pull of the depressor muscle...these grafts are also effective in supporting the tip rotation which may be adjusted during rhinoplasty... in addition, I will occasionally divide the depressor muscle from its insertion on the bottom of the nasal septum and tip... good luck

Robert E. Zaworski, MD (retired) · Answer

As long as your lip is not operated on, it should not change.  Consult with a board certified plastic surgeon for an in person evaluation.

Can having a nose job change your top lip? (photo)

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