Common Nose Job Concerns:Find Yours
Most people considering rhinoplasty start with something they’ve noticed, not the name of a procedure. Find the concern closest to yours below, see what it usually involves, and how it can be treated.
Low nose bridge
You may notice
The bridge sits low between your eyes, or looks flat in profile. You may already contour the sides of your nose with make-up.
How it can be treated
A low bridge is raised with augmentation rhinoplasty. A higher bridge creates a line from the side of the nose to the inner eyebrow, and can make the eyes look less prominent. Dr Wu uses either an implant or the patient’s own cartilage. Filler can also raise the bridge without surgery, though nose filler carries a rare but serious risk of filler entering a blood vessel.
Bulbous or wide nose tip
You may notice
The tip looks round, broad or soft, without much definition, especially in photos taken from the front.
How it can be treated
The tip looks round, broad or soft, without much definition, especially in photos taken from the front.
Wide nose or nostrils
You may notice
The lower part of the nose looks broad, or the nostrils look wide or flared.
How it can be treated
It depends on where the width comes from. Wide nostrils are narrowed with an internal incision inside the nostril. When the width comes from the nasal bones, the bones are broken and moved inwards to narrow the bridge, sometimes with a small graft on top to keep its height.
Bump on the bridge or hooked profile
You may notice
A bump along the bridge that shows in side profile, or a nose that curves downward like a hook.
How it can be treated
Reduction rhinoplasty makes the nose smaller, lower and less bulbous.
Drooping or long nose tip
You may notice
The tip points downward, or looks too long or too far forward for your face.
How it can be treated
A plunging or long tip is reshaped with reduction rhinoplasty.
You may have more than one concern
Many noses have several features at once: a low bridge with a wide tip, or a hump with a broad base. That’s why rhinoplasty is planned around your anatomy rather than chosen from a standard list.
The nose is also judged against the rest of your face.
