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This patient's improvement was not the result of a face lift at all: she only
had a liposuction under the chin. Liposuction cannot be performed as the
only procedure unless the skin is young and elastic enough to
"shrink-wrap" to the contour of the neck after the excess fat under
the skin is
removed.
In a person who has lived long enough to lose skin elasticity, the skin would
just hang down unattractively if the fat were removed without using a face lift
to tighten the skin at the same time.
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Questioner:
Septo/rhinoplasty Consult?
Hello, I had a consult and CT scan showing I had a deviated septum. My surgeon had said if I cosmetically wanted to fix the tip of my nose, which has a deep cartilage split at the tip, giving the appearance of a "butt nose"...that it would be a couple of stitches when closing up. But I believe my nose turns up and the skin between the nostrils hangs, due to what I believe was terrible allergies and constant nose itching. What would be the best way to get a cuter shaped nose tip?
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Dr. Denenberg's answer: Don't let that doctor operate on your nose!
Hi, BriC, "A couple of stitches when closing up" pegs your doctor as someone who knows nothing about rhinoplasty. You must not let him operate on your nose. Changing your "butt nose" requires complicated work on the tip of your nose, using advanced techniques that not all plastic surgeons understand.
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