The tip of the nose has a complex anatomical structure.Therefore, even a seemingly simple plastic surgery aimed at correcting a slight sagging or reducing the size of the nose should only be performed by a very experienced plastic surgeon.It is important that the surgeon has professional knowledge, many years of experience and skill.
Tip of the drooping nose: reasons and ways to raise it.
The main reasons for the problem:
- hereditary factor.The defect may be congenital.
- The problem may be due to an injury.
- This can be a complication after a failed rhinoplasty.
- Or the nose has drooped due to age-related changes in the body.
Whatever the reason, a cosmetic problem like this can cause a person a lot of anxiety.How can it be removed?The nose is lifted by plastic surgery using the following basic methods:
first way- correction of the shape of the nose, including truncation of part of the lateral cartilage at the tip.It is carried out in cases where the problem is congenital.Where a piece of cartilage is removed is determined only after a thorough preoperative examination.
After truncating the excess part of the cartilage, the remaining parts are brought together and then sutured.The precision and experience of the surgeon in performing these types of operations are very important here.
Second way– strengthening of the columella through a transplant of the patient's own cartilage tissue.
Third method– truncation of part of the nasal muscle, which must keep the tip in the desired position.
Broad nose rhinoplasty
Another problem that people come to the plastic surgery clinic with is a wide and large tip.It is also called "potato".Typically, if such a defect exists in youth, it becomes even more noticeable as the years go by, as the ligaments that hold the lateral cartilages together stretch.
There are three types of this nose shape:
- Not very wide
- Very wide and fleshy
- forked
To reduce a nose that is not very wide, it is often necessary to bring the domes of the large cartilages closer together.Plastic surgeons claim that rhinoplasty of the tip of the nose can be performed even in a closed manner.You can clearly see how this is done in the following video.
Reduce round fleshy tip with thick skin.
A very wide, round, fleshy nose is often reduced by cutting away some of the cartilage that forms the dome and then bringing them together.Schematically it could look like this:
If a person has thick skin, a lot of swelling should be expected, which will take much longer to heal than usual.
Wide forked tip taper
A forked tip can result from a failed rhinoplasty.To eliminate the defect, a graft taken from the patient is installed between the vertices of the lateral cartilages.The nose eventually acquires a beautiful rounded shape.
Nostril reduction surgery
Sometimes the nose appears wide due to the large wings.This is the simplest case in which an aesthetic defect can be corrected by reducing the nasal passages.This operation is not very traumatic.In this case, recovery lasts twice as fast and after the operation there is no significant swelling.
Why does the tip fall off after rhinoplasty?
Immediately after rhinoplasty, patients' noses may look slightly up or slightly down.Is this normal or a complication?Do you need to do something right away?
Plastic surgeons note that the nose may be slightly drooping.Often this problem occurs due to severe swelling and goes away over time as the swelling subsides.
If the problem does not disappear, then we can talk about a complication caused by a surgeon's error.This usually occurs if excess tissue has been removed.
The nose may droop due to the individual characteristics of the patient's body.We are talking about abnormal tissue scars in the incision area in the columella area after open rhinoplasty.
In any case, you should wait at least 6 to 8 months before you start worrying.This is exactly the time it takes for the residual swelling to subside enough to allow the final result to be evaluated.If the nose has drooped a little due to swelling, then it should rise after 2 months, and take its final shape after the period indicated at the beginning of this paragraph.
You can only think about undergoing a second operation if the problem is really serious and the fears are justified.You can operate a second time only one year after the first operation.
If after rhinoplasty the nose is very upturned, how long will it take to go down?
For some people, after plastic surgery, their nose appears upturned.This problem occurs due to internal swelling of the soft tissues.If you look at the messages on the forums of patients who faced a similar situation, most of them had their nose shape restored after half a year.