How to Reduce Length of Entire Nose?

The answer is definitely yes- the length of entire nose can be reduced. It is usually easier than elongating the noose. Too bad you did not include a photo of your nose with your question.   Please schedule a consultation for rhinoplasty with a board certified plastic surgeon. Many offices provide a computer program based simulation to allow patient to see possible final results of the procedure. Patients are really thrilled knowing what they can expect. During the consultation you will be able to discuss how the procedure is done and  your recovery time.

There are a variety of shortening the nose during rhinoplasty.  It generally involves removing excess cartilage a nasal lining in a specific fashion depending on each individual case.  I often over correct slightly, as the nose will often drop back down to some degree.  An experienced rhinoplasty surgeon will know how to deal with it.  Good luck!

The first question is to see if your long appearing nose is really too long or if there are factors that make it appear long. This refers to the concept of the "balanced nose" where the relative proportions of the nose including it's projection from your face, the point from where it comes off of the forehead, the angle of the dorsum, the lip to nose angle and tip projection are important factors. There are different strategies to a "bulbous tip". Small changes can add up to a pleasing result without things looking operated on. Discussing your aesthetic sensibilities and doing a good image analysis is key to helping to understand your goals and develop an treatment plan. We have the new Vectra 3D imager to assist in accomplishing this. 

Reduction of the long nose can be done by shortening and not ROTATING. An experienced rhinoplasty surgeon knows how to do this.

Dear ygraine,

Yes, the nose can be shortened from both the bottom and the top

It can be done in a way that looks natural and balanced

A consultation will be able to answer all of your questions

Best regards,
Nima Shemirani