Is alarplasty the best way to achieve my desired look? (Photos)

Question

I love my use but hate my nostrils. What is best way to fix? I added my mock before and after. Can I achieve this?

Mark Beaty, MD · Answer

Thank you for sharing your question and photos. You’re correct that an alarplasty could help you move toward your desired look, but to achieve results closer to your photoshopped image, additional refinements may be needed. This could include narrowing the dorsum to reduce overall width and refining the nasal tip for better balance.

Photo simulations are a helpful tool to communicate your goals, though it’s important to remember that final results can vary depending on your individual anatomy. I recommend consulting with a facial plastic surgeon who offers 3D simulations, as this will give you a more realistic sense of what can be achieved and help set appropriate expectations.

Donald B. Yoo, MD, FACS · Answer

Alarplasty alone would be insufficient to achieve the changes created in your photo. The filter has reduced the width and flare of your ala, but also created a significant degree of refinement to your nasal tip and dorsum. A comprehensive rhinoplasty including alarplasty may be able to create a similar aesthetic, thought perhaps not to the same degree as the filter.

Tanveer Janjua, MD · Answer

The upper half of your nose has good structure. For the lower half nostrils need to be narrowed and tip needs more definition. A combination of both procedures will give you the best result. Please remember computer generated results are misleading and cannot be achieved. They can be used only as a guideline.
Regards
Dr Janjua

Alejandro Nogueira, MD · Answer

Your simulated result shows:
-septal lengthening
-bridge shaving and nasal osteotomies
-tip grafting to redefine a perky tip
-renewed nostril support with rim grafting and/or lateral crura repositioning
-alar base reduction
-nostril reduction

As you may understand, you need a modern, complex, fabulous and well executed structure rhinoplasty done by a talented and highly experienced surgeon; your goals are perfect, I agree with them 100%, but the far exceed an alarplasty. Hint: in my life I only made 1 single alarplasty case which made a patient happy fulfilling his goals, and this was the only alarplasty-alone procedure in my long career.

Darryl J. Blinski, MD · Answer

Based on the in reality, photo of your nose and the Photoshop Photoshop photo it is more than just the AR rim reduction. Your tip is also changed. Therefore, I think you might need a full rhinoplasty tip plasty and AR rim reduction combination. Best of virtual concert with expect fees to range from $8000-$15,000. Again, best of virtual consult with for better understanding.

Is alarplasty the best way to achieve my desired look? (Photos)

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