Will my thick skin prevent good results in Rhinoplasty or can I still get good improvement? (photos)

Thank you for your question. Rhinoplasty in patients with thick skin is more challenging to get the definition that is more easily achievable with thinner skinned patients. The best thing to do is to have an in-person consultation with a board-certified facial plastic surgeon who specializes in rhinoplasty; at the consultation, you can discuss your goals and the surgeon can tell you what is realistic. We use imaging software at our practice to help show you what we are able to achieve. Best of luck!

It's difficult to tell from the photograph how thick skin in the nasal tip is. When thick skin is present, it prevents refinement in the nasal tip. The photographs demonstrate an overly projecting nose and an under projecting chin. Consider performing the combination of rhinoplasty to decrease the overall projection of your nose and placement of a chin implant to augment your chin forward. Augmenting the chin forward will help significantly with facial balance and proportions, especially from the side profile with respect to your nose. The chin implant helps to make the appearance of your nose smaller.