What are the alar reduction and bulbous tip correction procedures?
Bulbous Tip Correction and Alar Reduction is a nose with a wide alar base and a bulbous tip can mess with the impression people get from you. This shape of the nose was believed to bring good luck in the past, however this type of nose is considered to be dull for a long time.
The causes of the bulbous nose shape include excess cartilage at the nasal tip, the abnormal spread of cartilage towards the sides of the nose, excess flesh between the nose tip and alar. Alarplasty and tip correction is to create the perfect nose for the patients, cartilage will be revised and fat and excess tissue will be removed if necessary. The nose tip will be customized and slimmed off to achieve the desired nose shape.
Alar reduction and bulbous tip correction are recommended for:
- People with large nasal alae whose nose seems big and spread out.
- People with a bulbous nose and big alar.
- People who have a round nose tip.
- People with thick skin and fat on the alar.
SURGERY DURATION
1.5 – 2 hours
OF POSTOPERATIVE VISITS
2 – 3 Visits
REMOVAL OF STITCHES
5 – 7 days after the operation
HOSPITALIZATION
Not Required
ANESTHESIA
Sedation or Local Anesthesia
RECOVERY PERIOD
Return to normal life after the removal of stitches
Bulbous Tip Correction and Wide Alar Base Reduction Surgery
The surgeon makes an incision into the alar cartilage in the nasal tip to refine the shape. Then suture techniques are used to decrease the distance between the alar cartilage, minimizing the nasal curve and realigning cartilage position, after that, excessive subcutaneous tissue is removed from the bulbous nose. For patients with a wide alar base, the size of each alar will be reduced directly. There are several reduction methods available: Reducing the size by cutting the lower section of the inner side of the nostrils, narrowing the alar by tying them with alar cinching (gathering alar cartilage using a stitching method) or the mixed technique using both incisions and cinching, cutting a wedge in the outer side of the alar and narrowing it up to the desired width.