The tip of the nose has a complex anatomical structure.Therefore, even seemingly simple plastic surgery aimed at correcting a slight sagging or reducing the size of the nose should only be performed by a highly experienced plastic surgeon.It is important that the surgeon has years of professional knowledge, experience and skills.
The tip of the nose droops: reasons and ways to raise it
The main cause of the problem:
- Hereditary factors.The defect may be congenital
- The problem may be due to injury
- This may be a complication after an unsuccessful rhinoplasty
- Or the nose is already deflated due to body changes related to age.
Whatever the reason, this kind of aesthetic problem can cause a lot of anxiety for a person.How can it be removed?The nose is lifted using plastic surgery using the following basic methods:
The first way- correction of the shape of the nose, including partial cutting 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 only determined after a thorough pre-operative examination.
After cutting the excess cartilage, the remaining parts are joined together and then sutured.The accuracy and experience of the surgeon in performing such operations is very important here.
The second way– strengthen the columella using transplants from the patient's own cartilage tissue.
The third method– partial cutting of the nasal muscles, which should hold the tip in the desired position.
Wide tip rhinoplasty
Another problem that people come to the plastic surgery clinic with is wide and large ends.It is also called "potato".Usually, if there is such a defect in youth, then over the years it becomes more noticeable, because the ligaments that hold the lateral cartilage together are stretched.
There are three types of this nose shape:
- Not very wide
- Very spacious and full
- Forked
To reduce a nose that is not too wide, it is often necessary to close the large cartilage dome.Plastic surgeons say that rhinoplasty of the tip of the nose can also be done closed.You can clearly see how this is done in the following video.
Reduce round fleshy ends with thick skin
A round nose that is full and very wide is often reduced by cutting away part of the cartilage that forms the dome and then reuniting it.Schematically it might look like this:
If one has thick skin, then one should expect that there will be a lot of swelling, which will take longer to heal than usual.
Widely forked tip tapers
Split ends can be caused by an unsuccessful rhinoplasty.To eliminate the defect, a graft taken from the patient is installed between the apexes of the lateral cartilage.The nose at the end has a beautiful round shape.
Nose reduction surgery
Sometimes the nose looks wide because of the big wings.This is the simplest case when aesthetic defects can be corrected by reducing the nostrils.This operation is not too traumatic.In this case, recovery takes place twice as fast, and after the operation there is no significant swelling.
Why does the tip droop after rhinoplasty?
Immediately after rhinoplasty, the patient's nose may look slightly up or down.Is this normal or a complication?Do you need to do something immediately?
Plastic surgeons note that the nose may droop slightly.Often this problem occurs due to severe swelling and disappears over time when the swelling decreases.
If the problem does not go away, then we can talk about complications caused by the surgeon's mistake.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 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 how long it takes for residual swelling to subside enough to allow final results to be assessed.If the nose has melted 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 surgery only if the problem is really serious and the fear is justified.You can have a second operation only one year after the first operation.
If after rhinoplasty the nose is very upside down, how long does it take for it to go down?
For some people, after plastic surgery, their nose appears.This problem occurs due to internal swelling of the soft tissue.If you look at the messages on the forum from patients who faced the same situation, most of them have restored the shape of their nose after half a year.