Before <Before surgery, when I smiled widely, it looked natural with all my upper teeth showing.> After <After surgery, I smile widely like usual, but a line forms on my philtrum like a wrinkle, and it looks like I’m forcing a smile><Before surgery / after surgery>Nasal bridge - 3 mm silicone Nasal tip - used septal cartilage and ear cartilage Alar reduction - since I don’t see stitches on the nostril-wing side, I think it was a non-incisional alar reduction (suture tying?) (during the consultation I said I wouldn’t do alar reduction because it would be noticeable, but on the day of surgery the director said that while operating, if it seemed necessary, he would do alar reduction, so I ended up getting alar reduction after the director half-recommended it)
This is what I had done, and now it’s day 9 Before surgery, I could smile well with all my upper teeth showing brightly, but after surgery, when I smile, my philtrum folds halfway and a line appears
Above the line, the philtrum doesn’t move, so it looks extremely unnatural when I smile, and because of the pulling in my nose, it also feels like my nose is going to burst ㅠㅠ But in situations where I need to smile, I want to smile widely like usual.. My philtrum won’t lift, so I can’t smile widely either, and only my nose pulls when I smile When I look in the mirror and smile, it’s obviously awkward, and seeing myself smiling strangely is really...
Currently, from the front, my nose looks slightly upturned (after removing the splint taping, I hated it so much I almost cried ㅠㅠ) The side view is okay I don’t know if the columella is swollen or what, but it looks thicker from the side than other people’s. Does this also go back? ㅜ For the nasal tip looking upturned, they said that as time passes and the swelling goes down, the nasal tip will come down, so I can wait, but because my philtrum folds halfway and I can’t smile properly, it feels so frustrating when I smile ㅠㅠ
When I briefly searched blogs and places like that, I saw that if non-incisional alar reduction is done with something like suture tying, it pulls the philtrum muscle and can look unnatural when smiling, so I’m wondering if it’s because of the alar reduction.. I’m also curious whether this symptom will be okay once the swelling goes down ㅠ Please comment
*Around when does a slightly upturned-looking nasal tip usually come down? *What causes a line to form on the philtrum when smiling and the upper teeth not to show when smiling, and around when does it return? *I don’t know if the columella is swollen or what, but it looks thicker from the side than other people’s. Does this also go back?
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