What can be done to the nostrils to reshape them (to make them slimmer and less round, for example)? Is making them less wide (alar base reduction) the only technique used on nostrils to change them, or can they be trimmed and reshaped the way the rest of the nose cartilage can?
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The columella strut graft and suture techniques rotated and shortened your nose. Additionally, removing the bump and creating a curve to the nasal dorsum adds to the rotated/shortened appearance of the nose. Simply undoing these maneuvers will not reverse the results, but they will...
The closed versus open rhinoplasty debate is really a surgeon's preference is to which approach to perform the surgery from. We perform septoplasty, turbinate surgery, dorsal hump removal and rhinoplasty through closed techniques.
A rhinoplasty may affect a singing voice but usually does not. Other factors such as septal correction or turbinate reduction may cause voice changes. Discuss with a board certified surgeon with nasal surgery experience. Donald R. Nunn MD Atlanta Plastic Surgeon.
