The wide and flat nose tip correction

“Nose tip is a key part of Rhinoplasty. Because it is the most prominent part of the face, so it greatly affects the appearance of the face.

But the Nose tip correction is the most difficult and complicated part of a rhinoplasty.

How the wide and flat nose tip correct?

In general, when a face divided vertically into five equal parts, the ideal width of the nasal ala is 1/5.

Correcting methods

1) Nasal tip cartilage relocation

Shape of the nose tip mainly decided by the width of the right and left tip cartilage.

When it is too wide between tip cartilage, then the nose tip can wide. And also when nasal tip column is low, the nose tip can low.

From this anatomical idea, can correct the wide and flat nose tip.

Rhinoplasty surgeon will make a new high tip column (= nasal tip support) using nasal septum cartilage, rib cartilage, or donated rib cartilage, etc.

And then, suturing the low and wide tip cartilage to a high position, and narrowing it.

2) Alar reduction

Sometimes the nasal ala still wide, even after relocating the nasal tip cartilage.

In this case, it can be solved by reducing the ala.

This case conducted by Dr. Cho Bae-Jung

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The wide and flat nose tip correction