My nasal bridge was not actually low to begin with. In fact, the bridge itself was on the higher side, but the tip was relatively low and blunt, so the overall shape of my nose looked a little stuffy, which bothered me. In particular, when I looked from the side, the tip seemed to drop lower than the height of the bridge, and from the front the tip looked round and blunt, so that was the part I most wanted to improve.
Also, my nose had a slightly crooked bridge, so it was a crooked nose. Since the bridge already had some height, I was worried before surgery because I was told that simply making the nose higher could make the crooked part stand out even more.
Personally, I did not want a nose that looked too flashy or artificial. Rather than making the bridge too high and the tip too pointed, I wanted to preserve as much of my existing bridge as possible, improve the low and blunt tip naturally, and correct the crooked nose at the same time.
The surgery was performed by Director Namin Hwa at Yerom Plastic Surgery. During the consultation, I explained the style I wanted, and the director looked at my nose and explained that instead of simply increasing the height, it was important to create overall balance. He especially said that the crooked bridge also needed to be corrected together in order for the nose line to look natural.
In my case, the surgery took quite a long time. It was longer than I expected, so at first I was a little surprised, but later I felt that they had taken a very detailed look at my nose and performed the surgery carefully. It seems it took longer because it was not just a simple tip-elevation procedure, but also required correcting the existing crooked bridge.
If you compare the before-and-after photos, the biggest changes are the tip and the overall line. Before surgery, I had a bridge but the tip was low and rounded downward, so the whole nose looked blunt. Now, the tip has come alive naturally and the line from the bridge to the tip looks much more refined.
I am personally more satisfied because the tip is not too sharp or overly lifted. I told them from the beginning that I did not want an artificial-looking nose, and it seems to have come out naturally without the nose standing out too much on my face.
And because the crooked bridge was corrected at the same time, I am also satisfied that the center of the nose looks straighter from the front than before. Since the bridge itself was already relatively high, what mattered more than making it taller was correcting the crooked part and the tip together, and I am glad that the parts I was concerned about were improved together.
I hope this helps anyone who has a high bridge but a low, blunt tip, or anyone with a crooked bridge who feels burdened by a simple height-increasing surgery. I wanted to preserve the strengths of my own nose while naturally supplementing only the lacking parts, and now I am satisfied because the result is close to the direction I wanted.