Patient Photos

Revision Rhinoplasty To Treat Hanging Columella And Crooked, Pointy Tip

This revision rhinoplasty patient was unhappy with how her nose healed after a prior rhinoplasty done elsewhere. She noted a crooked tip and hanging columella with significant excess columellar show. Dr. Lamperti performed an open revision rhinoplasty in which he fixed the hanging columella using a tongue in groove setback technique. He also straightened the front edge of the septum to correct the columellar twisting and nostril asymmetry. He also rebuilt the patient's tip to make it less pointy along with smoothing the supra-tip area to create a more gentle supratip break. The patient's original nose had a mild pollybeak deformity. In the 5 year after photos you can see how the patient has a much straighter, less pointy tip. Her profile line is more smooth and her columellar show much more natrual appearing. On base and frontal view you can see how much straighter her tip appears.