Am I a good candidate for alarplasty alone? I dislike how wide my nose is especially when smiling and I am looking to make it smaller and narrower. My local surgeon said I can simply get a Weir excision. Another surgeon told me I need to add more to my central structure to get effective results. I do not want to have a true rhinoplasty.
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Certainly in the short term you could use a filler to displace your right nasal (alar) rim downwards.
Ultimately if a year after surgery you still notice an asymmetry , you could consider use of a composite skin and cartilage graft placed within the right nostril to give more long lasting...
1 cm (5 mm on each side) is a generous amount. You may look too pinched unless the ala are quite wide objectively, not subjectively. A picture would have helped. The procedure is very straight forward, but it's the nuances that make it challenging to create balance and a natural look.
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The limiting factor for narrowing the base of the nose for most patients is the size of their nostrils. It is important to get air through the nose. Several techniques can be used to narrow the nose. Sometimes increasing the support to the tip can help to narrow the nose. The skin of the side ...
