Nose job just nostrils

Nose job just nostrils

All around the world, people like to have a balanced, well-proportioned face. Rhinoplasty is one of the most popular kinds of cosmetic surgery because it improves the aesthetic balance of the appearance and can reshape the nose, as a prominent, central feature on the face.

Sometimes, people may not find their nose aseptically pleasing because of the wide nostrils or bulbous nose tip, both of these problems can be solved by rhinoplasty. If you have wide, large, small or narrow nostrils, a rhinoplasty surgery can fix it. In this article, we explain about nostril reduction and nose job uneven nostrils.

Wide nostrils

The length between the bridge and the nasal tip is the main indicator of nose size, and the nostrils are on either side of the tip and separated by the nasal septum.

The size of the nose and the width of nostrils are related to genetic, environmental, and ethnic factors, also an accident or a previous nose job. Loss of collagen and elasticity by aging can cause the size and shape of the nose to change.

No matter the reason for your wide nostrils, a nose job can help you by removing tissue to reduce flaring or adjust the angle. Both surgical and non-surgical rhinoplasty, as well as alarplasty can be performed to change the size of nostrils.

Nostril reduction

Changing all parts of nose such as bridge, tip and nostrils needs customized attention. People have various kinds of nostril size, shape, and width and each one has different goals for nostril reduction surgery.

The thickness and flaring of nostrils depends on the quantity of the fatty, fibrous, soft tissue of them. If you feel your nostrils are too big, or misshapen you can do an alar reduction rhinoplasty that is called alarplasty. Alarplasty is a surgery in which a small amount of skin is removed from the wing of the nose. This procedure can narrow the width of your nostrils or decrease their size.

A nostril reduction procedure takes about one hour under local anesthesia. This surgery has two methods, the first one is making an incision in the crease where the nostril attaches to the cheek, another one is performing rhinoplasty from the inside part of the nostrils.

The proper post-operative nostril size is different for everyone, and for the best result, the shape of your nostrils should be in proportion with your other facial features.

Uneven nostrils

Uneven nostrils can be caused by genetic, a result of trauma, prior nose job, a deviation of the nasal septum, or a difference in the shape of the alar cartilage. As you know symmetry is synonymous with facial beauty, so you can solve this problem with a surgical or non-surgical rhinoplasty.

If you see uneven nostrils right after rhinoplasty, don’t be worry because it’s normal and a variety of factors such as swelling, the formation of scar tissue, splints, and taping may be causing your nostrils to look uneven. After six to eight weeks your nostrils should be symmetric, otherwise you have to visit your doctor, but remember it may take up to two years for your nose to fully heal.

Revision rhinoplasty

Some patients find their nostrils are asymmetrical after rhinoplasty, in these cases revision rhinoplasty that is a highly specialized nasal surgery performed on post-rhinoplasty noses.

Revision rhinoplasty is an incredibly advanced procedure to change the nose from previous surgeries. In this surgery a high-skilled surgeon should work with scar tissue and underlying nasal structure, and restores restore function and beauty to the nose.

For uneven nostrils the surgeon creates an incision along the base of nostril and removes a wedge of nostril tissue. The scar will be unnoticeable after healing. Correcting your nostrils could be done with other nasal refinements, such as resizing and reshaping the nose.

Tips for doing a revision rhinoplasty

This surgery adds a higher degree of difficulty than the first nose job, so choosing a skilled plastic surgeon is so important for stunning results. Your doctor must have board certification in plastic surgery or otolaryngology.

Your surgeon should know how to work with scar tissue, compromised nasal feature, and nasal symmetry. For better results, choose a doctor with extensive rhinoplasty experience who performs this procedure often.

Non-surgical rhinoplasty to fix asymmetric nostrils

Most of the people need surgical intervention to correct asymmetric and uneven nostrils, but some of them can correct the issue without it. Your doctor can correct the nostrils by injecting the selected dermal fillers to increase volume to the nose.

Although, this treatment takes only minutes and is a fast procedure, but it needs exceptional expertise to administer the exact amount of filler and product the best result.

A non-surgical rhinoplasty is painless with no downtime and side-effects. Your doctor injects the dermal fillers after a local anesthesia, and creates balance between your nostrils. You can see the results immediately after injection.

This surgery needs follow-up treatments because the fillers lose their collagen-building power and are absorbed by your body after one year. You can use dermal fillers to fix uneven nostrils yearly.


If you are not satisfied with the shape of your nose, or have wide nostrils, a nose job can help you to create a perfect nose. Also rhinoplasty can fix uneven nostrils and provide optimal results. Remember, surgical and non-surgical rhinoplasty can help you to have symmetric nostrils, and the skill of your surgeon is incredibly important.

For fixing the size and shape of your nose, nostrils, or septum, you have to use splints after rhinoplasty. Splints maintain the shape and size until tissue heals and protect your nose in the days after surgery.

There are different kind of rhinoplasty such as tiplasty, alarplasty, mini nose job, bulbous nose job and nostril reduction and depending on your needs, the doctor offers the best method.

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