Do I Have Pollybeak Deformity?

Yes you do have "poly beak" deformity, which is the tell tail sign of a rhinoplasty done by a relatively inexperienced surgeon.  It is a relative prominence above the nasal tip with results from not taking down enough cartilage in this area and/or surgically releasing the tip support structures, without reconstructing that support before ending the surgery. In my opinion, the fact that the surgeon probably took too much bone down also contributes to the relative prominence of the cartilage above the tip.

The good news is that this can be corrected in the hands of an experienced rhinoplasty surgeon.

You do have slight pollybeak deformity as well as alar retraction which is greater on the right side - revision can improve all these features

Being a year and a half after your nose surgery it's unlikely that the fullness is due to tissue swelling.

You fullness could be from a few possible caues:


Excess residual septal cartialge

Prominent nasal tip cartilages

Relative excess due to over-resection of the bridge above the supratip


Visit with a revision rhinoplasty specialist to see what options you have.