Can the nose be made smaller?

Many people have very delicate facial features, but their noses are relatively large. So I wanted to make my nose smaller. So can the nose be made smaller? In fact, many beauty hospitals can now perform nose reduction surgery. Through surgery, you can make your nose look smaller and more upright. So, how is nose reduction surgery performed? Today we will introduce it to you.

Rhinoplasty is a surgery to reduce the size of the nose and the components of the nose such as the nasal bones and cartilages. To reduce the size of the nose, shave them off to reduce the height. To reduce the size of the cartilage, a portion of the cartilage may be removed or its structure may be altered. Tip reduction surgery is generally a more complex surgical procedure than rhinoplasty.

People commonly call an enlarged nose a "garlic nose", which includes two deformities: an enlarged nose tip and a nose that is too wide or too thick, most of which are congenital. The causes of hypertrophy are thicker skin, more subcutaneous tissue, and thickened cartilage scaffolds that tend to bulge outward.

A large nose tip makes a person look clumsy, so many people request it to be trimmed. Before choosing a rhinoplasty procedure, people who love beauty must know clearly what surgical plan is suitable for them and choose a regular medical institution to perform it, so as to avoid rhinoplasty failure as much as possible.

People with unsightly appearances such as rounded noses, overly flared nose wings, and enlarged nostrils often request to beautify their noses through nose tip reduction surgery. Tip rhinoplasty usually involves making a butterfly-shaped incision along the edge of the nose, separating the skin to expose the alar cartilage, removing the upper part of the alar cartilage at the dome, re-suturing and reshaping it, then removing excess subcutaneous connective tissue and fat, as well as the nasal skin, and finally suturing it. Rhinoplasty usually takes one hour and is usually done under local anesthesia. The specific details should be discussed with the doctor before the operation.

Surgical method

There are three main types of surgical methods for nose tip reduction:

1. Cartilage transplantation method for nose tip reduction surgery: make an incision in the nasal margin or in the cartilage inside the nostril to expose the alar cartilage and lateral nasal cartilage, and remove the cranial part of the alar cartilage or the caudal part of the lateral nasal cartilage depending on the situation. The removed cartilage is cut into shape and sewn to the top of the dome to raise the tip of the nose. The concha cartilage can also be cut for transplantation.

2. The nose tip reduction surgery is performed by bringing the medial crus of the alar cartilages closer together. Incisions are made on the sides of the columella to expose the medial crus and dome of the alar cartilages. The soft tissue between the two medial crus is removed. Then, a mattress suture is made near the upper and lower ends to bring the two medial crus closer together. This method can raise the nose tip by 2-3mm.

3. Wedge resection of the alar base for nose tip reduction surgery. If the nose tip is in good shape but only slightly low, a wedge-shaped piece of full-thickness tissue is removed from the alar base on both sides to make the nostrils retract and the dome protrude, thus raising the nose tip.