How Nose Tip Reduction is Done?

In more than 35 years of rhinoplasty I have never had a patient have necrosis. Tip reduction involves what is making the tip large such as cartilage and soft tissue but more importantly not creating a bad result such as pinched tip ,etc. 

          The lower lateral cartilages can be reduced if appropriate.  The cartilage components can be brought closer together with sutures.  The cartilages can be further shaped with sutures.  The fibrofatty layer can be reduced as well.  I typically try to avoid cartilage grafts due to long term problems with tissue thinning and skin compromise as well as visibility and palpability.  I have never observed skin necrosis of any sort.  Find a plastic surgeon with ELITE credentials who performs hundreds of rhinoplasties each year.  Then look at the plastic surgeon's website before and after photo galleries to get a sense of who can deliver the results.  Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA

There are many techniques to change the appearance of the nose. This usually includes combinations of reducing, or removing tissue, as well as changing the existing tissues with sutures, and finally grafts can be added. Typically upper portions of the Lower Lateral cartilages are removed, as well as some fibro-fatty tissue. Skin is not typically removed. Aggressive thing of the undersurface of the skin can be dangerous in an open rhinoplasty and increase your risk of necrosis. This should be a rare event in experienced hands though is more possible in patient who have had a lot of previous nasal surgery, or who are smokers.