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Reducing an Over-Projecting Tip ("Pinocchio Nose")

Elle in NL
My doctor has suggested 2 ways to reduce the over projecting tip. 1 way would be to remove a piece from the columella to pull down the over projecting tip. But wouldn't this a) cause my nortils to flare? and b)change the prientation of the direction the tip is pointing in? The other way was to add a piece of cartlidge to the top of my nose between the bridge and tip to reduce the tip inclination. I think my nose already projects too far off my face so I wasn't too fond of that one.

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