Tip-plasty with Hard Nose Tip After Rhinoplasty?

Unless you had a tip graft placed. This is cartilage shaped to look like a nasal tip. Its a very powerful technique and is often used. Sure the tip will not be as soft as before surgery, but at 10 months there should be some give. Hence the explaination is the extra cartilage you now have. Plus it sounds like it is placed poorly, if you have too much protrusion. Check with your surgeon. Whether you should have further surgery by him/her is a complex matter. There just are too many factors to make that call. Good luck.

A firm nasal tip is not uncommon following rhinoplasty. If after 10 months your tip has not softened a great deal it may be that a tip graft was placed and the soft tissue is around the graft is still maturing. The tip will usually soften over time following rhinoplasty. Performing revision surgery on the nasal tip is not advised if the tip is still hard. Be patient. If the tip is deformed, revision rhinoplasty can be safely performed at one year.

Tip firmness after rhinoplasty is very common and can even persist up to 18 months. Other causes can be the placement of a tip graft that is cartilage or some other material. In either case, it is best to wait at least a year after your original rhinoplasty before undergoing a revision procedure. I would discuss this with your original surgeon or have a consultation with a rhinoplasty surgeon experienced in revision procedures. I hope this information helps.

 As the other surgeons have said the tip of the nose can stay hard for a year. It will be hard beyond that point if a large tip graft was used or a strut that protrudes to the tip. You can still have a tip plasty. See an experienced revision rhinoplasty surgeon for the best results.

The amount of swelling and firm scar tissue depends on the thickness of your skin and the technique used to refine your nose. Sometimes grafts are used in the tip of the nose that may feel firm for a very long time. I would suggest waiting at least a year or more before considering revision of a firm tip. Firmness can mean that healing is not complete.