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.
Drooping nose tip: reasons and ways to raise it
The main reasons for the problem:
- Hereditary factor.The defect may be congenital
- The problem may result from injury
- This may be a complication after unsuccessful rhinoplasty
- Or the nose has drooped due to age-related changes in the body.
Whatever the reason, such an aesthetic problem can cause a lot of anxiety for a person.How can it be eliminated?The nose is lifted using 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.The place where a piece of cartilage is removed is determined only after a thorough preoperative examination.
After truncation of the excess part of the cartilage, the remaining parts are brought together and then sutured.The surgeon’s precision and experience in performing such operations are very important here.
Second way– strengthening the columella using a transplant from the patient’s own cartilage tissue.
Third method– truncation of part of the nasal muscle, which should hold the tip in the desired position.
Wide tip rhinoplasty
Another problem that people come to the plastic surgery clinic with is a wide, large tip.It is also called "potato".Usually, if there is such a defect in youth, then over the years it becomes even more noticeable, as the ligaments that hold the lateral cartilages together are stretched.
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 large cartilages closer together.Plastic surgeons say that rhinoplasty of the tip of the nose can even be performed in a closed manner.You can clearly see how this is done in the following video.
Reduce round fleshy tip with thick skin
A fleshy, very wide round nose is often reduced by cutting off part of the cartilage that forms the dome and then bringing them together.Schematically it might look something like this:
If a person has thick skin, then one should expect that there will be quite a lot of swelling, which will take much longer to heal than usual.
Tapering of the wide forked tip
A bifurcated tip can result from unsuccessful rhinoplasty.To eliminate the defect, a graft taken from the patient is installed between the apices of the lateral cartilages.The nose at the end takes on a beautiful rounded shape.
Nostril reduction surgery
Sometimes the nose looks wide due to large wings.This is the simplest case when an aesthetic defect can be corrected by reducing the nostrils.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 droop after rhinoplasty?
Immediately after rhinoplasty, patients' noses may either 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 goes down.
If the problem does not disappear, then we can talk about a complication that was caused by a surgeon’s error.This usually happens 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 scarring 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 how long it takes for the residual swelling to subside enough to allow the final result to be assessed.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 think about having a second operation only if the problem is really serious and the fears are justified.You can operate a second time only a year after the first operation.
If after rhinoplasty the nose is very upturned, how long will it take for it to go down?
For some people, after plastic surgery, their nose turns up.This problem occurs due to internal swelling of the soft tissues.If you look at messages on forums from patients who faced a similar situation, most of them had their nose shape restored after half a year.