Q. I had surgery with donated rib cartilage, and my nasal tip is lifted so it looks like a pig nose.

Hello. I am Kim Hyung-taek, CEO and lead surgeon of Kwon Plastic Surgery Clinic, who designs each individual’s beauty.

This time, it was a question from someone who had rhinoplasty using donated rib cartilage and was worried that the nose tip looked lifted after surgery, making it seem like a pig nose.

Q. I had surgery with donated rib cartilage, and my nasal tip is lifted so it looks like a pig nose.

The swelling has gone down and the nose shape seems to have taken on some outline, but the tip is lifted so my nostrils are showing ㅜ

It doesn’t seem like contracture, and it was like this from the beginning, but the clinic said it would gradually come down.

But other people didn’t have that problem..... Was something done wrong during the surgery?

For the bridge, I had 4 mm silicone, and the tip was done with donated rib cartilage.

Will the nasal tip really come down later if I just wait?

At first, they said the nose would come down once the swelling went away, but even now, three weeks later, my nose still looks too short and the lifted tip is causing me a lot of stress ㅜ

Should I ask the clinic for revision surgery? Please answer......

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You are worried because your nostrils are showing due to the lifted tip after surgery using silicone and donated rib cartilage.

First of all, since I cannot see your current condition directly, it is not easy to say.

If the nose looks lifted, it seems necessary to discuss your current condition thoroughly with the surgeon who performed the procedure.

If the bridge of the nose or the area between the eyes is very swollen, the nose can appear lifted.

I hope you get a good result.

I hope this consultation response was helpful.

Thank you.

Source: https://kin.naver.com/qna/detail.naver?d1id=7&dirId=70110&docId=186882641&page=1#answer4

This is a case where the nasal tip was so short that the nostrils were visible from the front. The length of the tip was extended using a medium 4 mm silicone implant and ear cartilage.

As the nose became longer, you can see that it changed to a more feminine and glamorous look.

Because this is a short nose with a lifted tip, the nostrils appear lifted when viewed from the front.

By improving the upturned nose and the depression beside the alar base, a smooth nasal line as well as the effect of the mouth looking less protruded can be seen.

Before surgery, the nasal tip is shifted to one side and appears asymmetric.

In people with noses shaped like this, there is generally a lot of tissue at the tip and the skin tissue is thick, so rather than reducing the size, extending the length of the nasal tip can often create a much more attractive nose shape.

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