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Cocoline Plastic Surgery · 코코라인의원 · November 6, 2015
The surgical method I’ll explain today at Cocoline is a **nasal tip lift**. A nasal tip lift is one of the procedures that is essential when having rhinoplasty. Whether or n...
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Clinic: Cocoline Plastic Surgery
Original post date: November 6, 2015
Translated at: April 23, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Medical note: This translation does not guarantee medical accuracy or suitability for treatment decisions.
The surgical method I’ll explain today at Cocoline is a nasal tip lift. A nasal tip lift is one of the procedures that is essential when having rhinoplasty. Whether or not the bridge is raised, the tip is also lifted.
A nasal tip lift is usually performed using autologous cartilage. The autologous cartilage used in this case includes septal cartilage, ear cartilage, and rib cartilage.
When having rhinoplasty for the first time, the nasal tip is lifted using septal cartilage, and if there is not enough septal cartilage, ear cartilage is additionally used for the surgery.
For revision surgery, since septal cartilage was already used in the first surgery, or because the tip needs to be lifted more firmly due to contracture, rib cartilage is used.
A nasal tip lift does not simply end with raising the tip; it also adjusts the angle of the tip to create a balanced nose shape.
For people whose noses are long, raising the angle of the tip reduces the overall impression of nose length. For people whose nasal tip is short and whose nostrils are visible from the front, lowering the angle of the tip can increase the impression of nose length and reduce nostril visibility.
When performing a nasal tip lift, if there is a lot of tissue at the tip, some tissue may be removed to reduce a bulky appearance after surgery.
Lastly, to address the postoperative swelling that everyone is most curious about: compared with the bridge, swelling at the tip takes longer to settle. In fact, one of the most frequently asked questions on the Cocoline website after surgery is about swelling of the nasal tip.
If swelling of the bridge decreases by more than 90% in about 2 to 3 weeks, for the tip, swelling gradually subsides over at least one month and sometimes up to 2 to 3 months, so you need to wait a little more patiently. If it is revision surgery, you should allow even more time for the swelling to go down than after the first surgery.
While the bridge is important, you can only have a beautiful nose when the tip is beautiful. :)
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