Hi, I have had two previous rhinoplasty operations, the first reduced the hump, the second made my nose slightly smaller overall, however I still feel like my tip is slightly bulbous and long/droopy, especially when I smile. I believe I have a hanging columella, even prior to surgery, I did not ask my previous surgeons to fix this as I didn't know much about rhinoplasty at that time. Can my nose be improved? Can the tip be more refined? Do I in fact have a hanging ? Is this easy to fix? Thank you.
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You are very early in the healing phase. I think there are 3 reasons patients get polly beaks:
1. The tip is too weak and drops back making the lower part of the bridge appear too high forming a polly beak, this can be seen immediately after surgery or it can develop slowly as a weak tip...
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essentially everything you've been told thus far are the other physicians on Realself.com is accurate. You'll need a significant amount of cartilage grafting from your ear to extend the length of the nose, rebuild the mid-vault of your nose and make it...
I am so sorry that your surgeon did not spare you this worry by explaining to you how the nose will look postoperatively! In my practice specializing in rhinoplasty surgery, my staff and I explain in detail that having an upturned nose at first is perfectly normal. This is due to swelling, as...
