Before and After Bulbous Nose Tip Surgery: Let’s Look at How a Wide Nose Tip and a Flat Nose Bridge Are Improved

When the nose tip looks spread out or the nasal bridge feels thick, the overall impression can seem heavy and cramped. With this kind of shape, it is often difficult to expect enough change with a simple height-adjustment approach alone.

In particular, because the structure of the nose tip and the line of the nasal bridge influence each other, it is important to take a balanced approach. In this post, we will look at how the impression changes through bulbous nose tip surgery.

Hello, I’m Dr. Kim Hyeong-taek from Kowon Plastic Surgery.

This patient had a bulbous nose shape with a nose tip that looked spread out, along with a thick and dull-looking nasal bridge line, creating an overall heavy impression. In such cases, bulbous nose tip surgery is difficult to improve with simply raising the bridge, so it is important to organize the structure of the nose tip, establish the center line, and design the bridge and tip to connect naturally.

The spread-out bulbous tip was brought together during bulbous nose tip surgery through tip cartilage suturing, and the structure was stabilized by placing support to reduce unnecessary thickness after organizing the soft tissue. At the same time, the dull-looking bridge line was adjusted to fit the facial proportions, and balance was created by considering the columella, nasolabial angle, and philtrum line together.

Through this kind of bulbous nose tip surgery, the volume of the midface, which had looked sunken, became more three-dimensional, and the heavy impression of the nose looking buried was eased, naturally restoring overall facial balance.

Immediately after surgery is the stage before swelling fully develops, and it is a time when the bridge and tip lines formed through bulbous nose tip surgery and the overall structure can be seen relatively clearly.

Kowon Plastic Surgery focuses on natural-looking changes, but does not stop at results that are simply unobtrusive; it aims for a refined rhinoplasty that brings out the flow of the line and details. As recovery progresses, swelling and tissue stabilization continue, and the shape settles into something softer and more natural.

Results before and after nose surgery may vary depending on an individual’s skin condition and structure, and a more stable final result can be confirmed after 충분한 recovery time.

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Looking at the photo, you can see that the bridge is tilted toward one side. To correct this twist in the nose, an osteotomy procedure was performed as well.

The nose tip was not extremely thick, but it had a spread-out appearance, which is visible in the lower-angle image as a structure with separated cartilage. In cases like this, it is often considered to combine crooked nose surgery and bulbous nose surgery.

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This is a case in which a bulbous nose shape appeared because the tip cartilage was separated. In such cases, bringing the tip cartilage together and organizing it can help reduce the spread-out appearance.

In addition, the impression of the nose tip being pulled downward can be improved by organizing the related muscles. Since the existing bridge height was already somewhat adequate, the procedure was performed without a separate implant, and crooked nose surgery and bulbous nose surgery were applied together in line with the direction of women’s rhinoplasty.

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This is a side-by-side comparison image before and after surgery. You can see that the previously uneven-looking nose line was later organized into a smoother shape.

A line that connects naturally without being excessive was formed, and the overall impression changed to something clearer. In particular, as the flow of the nose line was organized, the soft atmosphere characteristic of women’s rhinoplasty was emphasized.

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When viewed from the side, you can see that the overall balance changed as the height of the nose tip was organized. If the mouth had previously seemed somewhat protrusive, the stabilized nose line created a relatively more balanced appearance.

In this way, when the central facial line is organized through crooked nose surgery, the overall impression also changes.

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When the nostrils look wide, it is easy to think that nostril reduction is always necessary, but in reality that is not always the case.

As in this case, simply organizing the tip cartilage can be enough to improve the shape, and changes can also be expected by considering bulbous nose surgery and women’s rhinoplasty together and organizing the structure.

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From the front, you can also see that the center of the nose is set, stabilizing the overall balance. When the nose is tilted, the facial center line can appear distorted; correcting it has the effect of making the facial features look clearer.

In addition, when there is structural twisting, it can also affect the internal structure, so it is important to consider functional aspects as well through crooked nose surgery.

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As shown here, this case allows us to look at the changes from crooked nose surgery, bulbous nose surgery, and women’s rhinoplasty through simultaneous tip cartilage organization and structural correction. I hope this is helpful for those who are concerned about the shape of their nose.

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