I had a rhinoplasty two months ago to get rid of a hump. That part I'm satisfied with but I've been regretting the decision to let my doctor remove the natural thickness I had in the bottom tip area. It's a family trait and i miss it a lot. I feel like my new nose was shortened/made too small. I know there's still plenty of swelling but that's my fear that with swelling more of the fullness left in the tip will go away. What can be done to add fullness or get me close to my old tip?
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Overall the shape of your nose is fine other than the hanging columella, but would benefit from tip refinement. Swelling after revision takes at least as long to resolve as a primary rhinoplasty. You have relatively thick skin which is contributing to the lack of definition of the tip, and sw...
Dear SavannaMarie,I am sorry things did not go as well the first surgeryYou can definitely have another surgery to improve your results. Surgery can be used to either build up or refine the noseIt is difficult to tell if a liquid rhinoplasty would help because the photos are taken from far ...
Lifting nose can easily be done in office as minor procedure under local anesthesia although oral sedation with pills is helpful to make the experience less stressful. In some cases the tip can be deprojected (tip rhinoplasty) with local anesthesia and oral sedation but that involves a formal ...
