I was wondering how differently you can change the nose?

Your questions answered by our surgeon, Lucian Ion, FRCS(Plast)

Asked on 11 December 2011

Question

I was wondering how differently you can change the nose?

Mine is quite long and I was wondering if it was possible to shorten it as it were?

Answer

The characteristics of the nose can be changed in many ways, including shortening, which you can see in many of the images on the rhinoplasty photo gallery:

It is also possible to maintain reduced visibility of the nostrils from the front despite the shortening.

If by shortening you mean reduced projection (how far it sticks out from the face), this is also a fairly common element of rhinoplasty surgery, and it is relatively frequent to combine reduced projection and shortening.

Mr Lucian Ion FRCS(Plast)
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