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Is It Routine to Cut the Levator Labii Superioris Alaeque Nasi Muscle?

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My doctor compromised my levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle during rhinoplasty.Is this a routine procedure and if so can it be reversed? It has changed the looks as well as the dynamics of my face when I speak and chew.I have to contract my muscles of my nose(scrunch my nose as if I smell something bad)in order to make my my facial muscle to feel and move the way they used to.Espically when I eat or else my upper lip moves too far below & under my upper teeth and makes it hard to chew.

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