How Many Days After an Alarplasty Are the Stitches Removed?

 Depending on how severe the problem is and whether or not you require general or local anesthesia, the cost will vary from $2500-4000. It can easily be done under local and you save mmoney.

When dealing with a circular structure, any reduction in the perimeter will affect the the overall size of the circle. Therefore, your answer is no, surgical reduction of nasal base will reduce and change the nostril size, however, cinching of the nostrils with suture alone will...

It is best to remove stitches in the face by the fifth day so as not to leave any railroad tracking on the incision. Additionally, any sutures left in nine days will leave railroad tracking and should be avoided.

The nostril can be corrected with alarplasty. Symmetry can be improved but to a limit. The alarplasty for wide nostrils is a bit different than the flare. Flare makes it more challenging as there is a mismatch between the upper cut being shorter and lower cut being longer. It has to be done by...

Measuring Alarplasty It is very confusing to measure the alarplasty in mm. Typically it means that if you draw a line from the medial canthus downwards it should touch the sides of the nostrils. However, based on that a 5mm change will be huge. The other way to measure that might be more...

Yes, both can be done at the same time under local. It takes about 1.5hrs. The physical recovery is by next day since you are not put to sleep. Do some research to make sure you get to the surgeon who is comfortable in both of these procedures. Regards Dr. Janjua