Hi there, Three months ago, I had extensive rhinoplasty - to reduce a hump, make the nose less long, make it less bulbousy, use the cartilage from the top to create nicer nostrils... Since then, whenever my nose is bumped (especially when it's bumped in an upward direction from under my nose), I have terrible pain that seems disproportionate to the event. Is this normal? Also, I can't seem to pick the inside of the tip of my nose anymore. Embarrassing, but true. Normal? Thanks...
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Rhinoplasty surgery only involves the nose. It does not change the eyes. After a procedure there may be some bruising but this will in most cases resolve. The rhinoplasty does alter the nose in relation to the face and this may cause perceptual changes in the eyes and other features.
If you would like to make the tip of your nose more slender and refined, without reducing the width of the area above the tip (known as the supra tip), the only way to accomplish this is by using one or more cartilage grafts.
A cartilage graft would be used to make your tip slightly higher...
