I really don't feel I have retracted nostril but I might be wrong. Pls tell me if you feel a columelloplasty will give me a subtle but great result. I cannot stand my nostrils showing and the way my columella hangs. This is the result of my primary Rhinoplasty. I used to actually like my tip so it is pretty upsetting to have a new issue with my nose. Also would fixing columella make my nose short or piggy? I just want a subtle result not a "perfect" nose.
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I have seen the ones from your previous operation, and in spite of their poor quality it is very clear your problem is congenital, this means you were born with extremely asymmetrical alar cartilages and specially their lateral cruras, which also suffer a certain degree of inversion/concavity.To...
Your arrow is pointing to the "soft tissue triangle" of the nose. It is a specific region of the nose beneath the lower lateral cartilage. If you don't like the indentation you can consider inserting a piece of cartilage there, or even some injectable filler for a temporary solution.
The examples you have used are all carried out under general anesthesia, as well as the rhinoplasties (unless they are minimal tip procedures and never in revisions).A complete primary rhinoplasty or any kind of revision rhinoplasty may end with your death, chronic brain damage or vegetative...
