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Is It Possible to Reduce the Thickness of the Alar Itself?

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Like most Asian women that seek rhinoplasty, I have very thick alar. I heard that there is no technology that can reduce the thickness of the alar. But I heard this only from people who got rhinoplasty done in different parts of Asia. Most cosmetic surgeons in Asia still like to use L-shaped and flat nose implants, which personally shows me that they are still not up to date with newer cosmetic surgery methods. Do we in the U.S. have the technology to reduce the wings of the nose?

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