[Nose Surgery] Short Nose? Upturned Nose? The Surgical Methods Depending on the Condition, Revealed in Full!

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Today, we will take some time to look at the differences between an upturned nose and a short nose.

What is the difference between an upturned nose and a short nose?

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If the nose is short, a low glabella and low starting point of the nose can also make the nose look short.

In such cases, by slightly raising the starting point with something like a silicone implant, or by adding length to the nose, the nose can be made to look longer.

What is called an upturned nose can be defined as a nose in which many nostrils are visible when viewed from the front.

In other words, a short-looking "short nose" where the nostrils are not visible can be improved by raising the nasal bridge,

but a short upturned nose, where the nostrils are visible, requires both making the nostrils less visible and raising the nasal bridge.

Sometimes the nose is not short, but due to a lack of soft tissue in the alar area, the nostrils become visible; this [alar retraction] phenomenon is difficult to resolve simply by lengthening and extending the nose, so for that part, please check the separately organized article on alar retraction surgery.

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How is surgery for an upturned nose and a short nose performed?

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Depending on how much the nostrils appear lifted, the nostrils can be made less visible with suturing alone, and there is also a method of extending them so the nostrils are not visible through a method called septal extension.

There is also a method of using ear cartilage grafts to extend the nose and make the nostrils less visible.

Lastly, you can choose a method that makes the nostrils invisible and lengthens the nasal tip.

Short nose and upturned nose surgery varies depending on the condition of the cartilage and skin, so if the cartilage is sturdy, appears strong, and has a large volume, surgery may be possible with simple suturing.

If the cartilage is small and insufficient, or the structure is low and positioned short, simple suturing alone may make surgery difficult.

In such cases, septal extension surgery or reverse rotation extension grafting can be used to make the nostrils less visible while creating a long and refined nose.

Are upturned nose and short nose surgeries less stable?

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In the past, it was thought that if you simply extended the nose by placing a sturdy tissue in the center, like in septal extension surgery, everything would be perfectly resolved, so this method was used often.

In reality, however, when the nose is unstable or when a small cartilage is forced together and only lengthened, there are also many cases where the skin is short.

This is rarely an issue in the first surgery, but in revision surgery, the skin of the nose may become shorter and may not stretch because of the capsule or scar tissue.

If the skin of the nose is short, the nasal tip may become twisted or rotate, and this can negatively affect the structure of the nose.

For upturned nose and short nose surgery, it is important to sufficiently dissect the structure of the alar cartilage.

The most important thing is the movement of the overall structure and creating a new reconstruction.

Only through this process can it be maintained stably.

Today, we talked about short noses and upturned noses. We will be back with more informative stories about nose surgery.

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