Rhinoplasty tutorial, Shorten the nose: page 9

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Earlier, we measured the length of the nose by looking at the distance from where the nose starts between the eyes down to where it ends at the tip defining point. There is another measurement that we can use. Compare the two pictures above with the two pictures below.

We can measure the nasal length by looking at the "nasolabial angle." The nasolabial angle, pronounced "NAY-zo-LAY-bee-uhl" is the angle formed by two lines: a line parallel to the bottom of the nose (naso), and a line parallel to the upper lip (labial). In the before picture, her nasolabial angle is 88 degrees, a little smaller than a right angle, and in the after picture it is 108 degrees, noticeably more open than a right angle.

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Note that in the after picture, above right, the line parallel to the base of the nose is not parallel to the ground; it is higher, more open than parallel to the ground. That angulation has an effect on the frontal view of the nose, too. The frontal view is the view you see when the person is facing you directly, not off to the side as we see above.

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