I had rhinoplasty 10 months ago to straighten my crooked nose and straighten the bump on my nose. I didn't change the tip, but after surgery now I feel like my tip is huge. It even seem bigger than before. It is droopy, big and extremely round. I need a tip plasty, but I'm scared that it would be too risky. Would a simple tip plasty after initial rhinoplasty be safer than a full revision?
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May 27, 2020
Answer: Yes, it's safe, though it's never simple. I'll explain ...
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The release of Depressor Septi Muscle is common practice for prevention of downward pulling of the nose during animation.
Although it is difficult to advise without seeing pre and post op photos,
revision can be performed in terms of an upper lip lift procedure...
The primary issue that I see is that your nose is still long, where we measure "long" from where the nose begins between the eyes down along the bridge to the tip. So a droopy-tipped nose is "long," and I believe that's one of the issues with your nose. I think you'd be delighted to see some...
If your previously surgeries have failed to address this problem one has to assume that it requires a different effort to correct it.
My preference would typically be to use rib cartilage support in order to have adequate stability of the structure because the cartilages of the nasal tip also...