I had revision rhinoplasty (only had hump removed years ago), alar wedge resection, turbinectomy, and septoplasty. I’m very concerned about the front. My columella is now curving & pointing down to my right. My nose & nostrils were both crooked before, but as you can see, this bottom piece of my nasal tip was centered & straight across my nostrils before my surgery. Also, he shortened my nose to make it upturned but he said it’s going to drop. Does that mean my nasal tip will not be upturned?
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What you are describing is unfortunately common -- that inadequate work on the tip of the nose during a rhinoplasty leaves the tip too wide and the nose too long. The good news is that, if the problem is that too *little* work was done -- as seems to be your case -- then there's plenty of...
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The release of Depressor Septi Muscle is common practice for prevention of downward pulling of the nose during animation.
Although it is difficult to advise without seeing pre and post op photos,
revision can be performed in terms of an upper lip lift procedure...
The primary issue that I see is that your nose is still long, where we measure "long" from where the nose begins between the eyes down along the bridge to the tip. So a droopy-tipped nose is "long," and I believe that's one of the issues with your nose. I think you'd be delighted to see some...
