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Thick Skin - Best Technique to Narrow a Bulbous Tip?

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hello i have had 2 rhinoplasty with no luck on my tip,it is very bulbous and has very thick skin,i have met a doctor who suggest to remove all the lower latrel cartlige and fibro fatty tissue.he said on thin skin patients its not advisable but acccording to his experiance on very thick skin patients this narrows the tip and does not cuase collapse ,as i have been told by my previuse sergeon it has been thinned to to its maximum but not compltely removed is this true thank you.

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