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Can lower alar be reshaped if it is not a cartilage?

wsunita1971Dec 12, 2023
I'm only interested in reshaping the alar base without surgery. From nose anatomy, this part is just a fibrofatty tissue and not cartilage, neither is as hard as it, even if elastic. Can it be narrowed with exercises naturally? Or with botox atleast?

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