Is this tip refinement morph realistic? (photo)

Thank you for your inquiry and for sharing your photographs.

The images provided are of relatively low resolution, which does affect the accuracy of the analysis to some extent. However, I can observe a V-shaped shadow at the junction between the bridge and the tip of the nose. This typically suggests medium-thickness skin rather than thick nasal tip skin, as the thickness of the nasal tip skin influences the visibility of the underlying cartilage contours.

Based on this observation, I believe your expectations for contouring the nasal tip are realistic, particularly if the projection of the nasal tip is maintained relatively close to its original position. This can also be achieved even if the length of the nasal tip is reduced.

A consultation using computer imaging and simulation would be helpful to further define the specific characteristics of the changes you are seeking and provide a more accurate prediction of the potential outcomes.

Hello and thank you for your question. I highly recommend that my patients focus much more on real longterm before and after photographs rather than 3D imaging.   I encounter so many patients in my practice who see me for revision rhinoplasty who previously had surgery elsewhere who feel like they were mislead into surgery by surgeons who relied heavily on 3D imaging without adequate real before and after pictures to back it up. Photoshop is easy but real surgery is very different.

I always recommend that you carefully evaluate your surgeon’s online before and after gallery on their website for both quality and quantity of results. Make sure that there are hundreds of real before and after pictures which demonstrate long-term follow up results. If your surgeon is posting mostly on table results without real long-term follow up results, that is usually a major red flag. If a surgeon is posting mostly just splint removal day videos without longterm follow-up pictures, or all patient selfie’s without real longterm in-office formal pictures that can also be a red flag. Long-term results are much more meaningful than on table results or 1 week post-op results. Selfie’s can also be fun to look at, but these can often have a filter and do not represent true longterm results because of this and are not as valuable as real longterm in-office before and after photographs on your surgeon’s website.

With good surgical technique, you could have an outstanding result. I recommend that you seek consultation with a qualified board-certified rhinoplasty surgeon who can evaluate you in person.

Best wishes and good luck.

Richard G. Reish, M.D.
Harvard-trained plastic surgeon