jasminx Posted May 12, 2018 Posted May 12, 2018 Hey ladies! I'm planning to do rhinoplasty but I have a really wide nose and I was wondering if they will be able to fix this as I've seem some before/after pictures of other ladies with wide nose and their are still kinda big and wide even after surgery. So my question is, is there any limitations to how much rhinoplasty can change one's nose? Thanks in advance!
californiarollin1992 Posted May 12, 2018 Posted May 12, 2018 I'm obviously not a doctor so you should search for responses from actual surgeons online but this is what I've gathered: If you remove too much you might end up with breathing problems and I have heard of people's noses collapsing. Skin is also a limitation: It must be able to accommodate the new structure (my surgeon told me, for example, that he wouldn't know if he'd use a 3.5 or 4 mm implant until the operation because he didn't know how much my skin could stretch), and if you have thick skin, you may not be able to get as much refinement in the tip. Aesthetically, you would also want your new nose to be in balance with the rest of your face--someone with a very wide nose may look odd with a tiny one--and have the different parts of your nose be in proportion with each other. For instance, I feel like alars are a limitation for some East Asian patients because they may be thick or wide and you can only reduce the base so much/can't do anything about the meatiness, so if the rest of your nose is too thin in comparison, it may end up looking phallic, e.g. Xiaxue's nose in her unedited pics
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