Is pinching the bridge of the nose to make it straighter really effective?

We often hear people say this in our daily lives: if you want to make your nose straighter, you can try pinching it, which is quite effective. Facts have proved that this practice is extremely wrong. Not only does it have no effect, but it will damage the bridge of the nose. It can be said that the gain does not outweigh the loss. If you want your nose to become higher, you can use methods such as injection rhinoplasty and prosthetic filling to make changes.

1. Injection rhinoplasty to make the nose taller

This type of surgery is now being performed in many places. The most commonly used injection material is hyaluronic acid. This method of rhinoplasty for low nose bridge has the advantages of simple operation, little pain, and beautiful shaping. In addition, they can achieve the purpose of beauty without surgery, so they are popular among people. However, their disadvantage is that they are time-limited. The effectiveness of hyaluronic acid is about one year.

2. Is pinching the nose useful?

Compared with pinching the nose, cartilage transplantation can achieve nose heightening and can treat the symptoms and the root cause: make a nasal margin incision or an intracartilage incision in the nostril to expose the alar cartilage and lateral nasal cartilage, and then remove the cranial part of the alar cartilage or the caudal part of the lateral nasal cartilage as appropriate. The cartilage removed during surgery 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 removed for transplantation.

3. Rhinoplasty with prosthesis filling

Prosthetic filling is the most common method. How does it achieve the goal of making the nose taller? The surgery will place a pre-designed and sculpted prosthesis into the nose. Since the incision is on the inside of the nostril, it is very hidden and no trace can be seen after the surgery. It is important to understand the collapsed nose so that better treatment can be performed.

Will pinching your nose make it straighter? Of course it is useless. Let's take a look at the process of nose augmentation surgery: Under local anesthesia, a skin incision is made along one nostril, from the front edge of the inner corner and outer corner of the peripheral alar cartilage. This method of nose augmentation is to separate the skin at the columella and nose tip from the cartilage underneath through the incision, and then separate the nose from the lateral nasal cartilage and nasal bone underneath, until slightly above the root of the nose.

It can be seen that pinching the nose will not make it straighter. If the force is too strong, it may even damage the bridge of the nose. Therefore, it is best not to pinch the nose. If you really want to make your nose straighter, you can go to a regular plastic surgery hospital for corrective surgery. As long as the hospital you choose is regular, there will generally be no problems.