Why is one side of my nose bigger? How can this be fixed? (Photos)

Hello and thank you for your question. Based on your photograph, you may benefit from a tip refining rhinoplasty. A surgeon can accomplish this by trimming, suturing, and reshaping the cartilage in your lower nose. Fascial grafts may also be used to help improve tip refinement. With good surgical technique, you could have an outstanding result. I recommend that you seek consultation with a qualified board-certified rhinoplasty surgeon who can evaluate you in person.

Best wishes and good luck.

Richard G. Reish, M.D.
Harvard-trained plastic surgeon

If the tip of your nose has spontaneously widened, this could be from hypertrophy of the oil glands that live in the tip of your nose. We have seen cases of this, and it may respond to isotretinoin, or Accutane. In that regard, you may benefit from meeting with a dermatologist. I hope this is helpful, and thank you so much for your question. Sincerely, Dr Joseph

The two cartilages that form the tip of your nose are broad and strong, and they make the tip appear wide, like the woman whose before and after photos I posted with this answer. You are also noticing some small-ish asymmetries between the two cartilages. Those asymmetries can be addressed during surgery, but not completely corrected.

Remember that rhinoplasty is an exquisitely difficult operation to get right, and you should only have surgery if you are able to make yourself very confident in your surgeon's skills. The changes that your nose needs -- particularly the work on the width of the tip -- require advanced techniques, and skill that most plastic surgeons don't possess with expertise. It's much better to not have surgery than to have inexpertly-performed surgery. Be carful in selecting your surgeon.

Based on your series post photos, it is an acceptable anatomic variant of having different shape of either side of the nose, especially in the tip that is due to the lower lateral cartilage being different. Best of virtual concept with for better explanation. If doing tip, rhinoplasty only fee would be $5000. If full rhinoplasty fee would be eight to $12,000. Again, best of virtual consult with.