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Unnatural looking nose, nostrils very small and weird looking. Can this be fixed?

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RevisionDoneFeb 8, 2014

As you can see the tip is over rotated and the nostrils are only half the size of the tip which should be 3/4 because it looks so weird! I had to put juvaderm voluma on my bridge because there was no dorsum or pyramid in my nose. Can this be fixed?

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