Hello Realself! I recently had a consultation with a surgeon for my revision rhinoplasty and he says, "The tough thing about revision rhinoplasty: we can make it a little smaller, but it's not a huge change. Your nose is not going to go from its current shape to something completely different and small." I am very discouraged by this since I think my nose is still SO big and doesn't suit my tiny face. I see revisions online all the time that seem like such a large change. What can I do?
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Answer: Are my goals to reduce the size of my nose unrealistic?.
That very much depends on what was exactly done to make the tip "smaller" how easy it is to "fix" that. Generally, most patients like smaller tips so I assume that's what your surgeon thought you wanted and gave you that. You can discuss with them to see if this is something that can easily be...
Hello, If you feel your nose tip is large and droopy, revision tip-plasty can help you. However, I would like to point out 2 things (limitation). You have metioned that your tip is off center but there is a chance it is positioned correctly considering the center of the philtrum and upper lip....
The height of the nostrils is determined to a major degree by the position of the undercut tip cartilages, and the amount of cartilage left. In your case then
OST likely reason is that the paired tip cart have healed in an uneven position. They could be realigned with a revision of the tip,...
