Patient observations
The patient came for consultation noting that her nose was small but the tip was round and bulbous and she didn’t like the appearance of her nose from the side. She thought that the problem with her nose was mostly in the tip but also noticed that there was a small bump on the bridge of the nose down towards the tip.
Examination of the Patient
As the patient had indicated, the nasal tip was wide and circular shaped. There was a bump over the bridge of the nose that was slight but extended towards the tip and was prominent mostly over the tip and made the tip appear to be recessed behind the bump.
Supratip Deformity
The supratip area is the part above the nose. The most natural shape for this area is that the supratip should be behind the tip when looking at the side view. So when the supratip area sticks out further than the tip itself that is called a supratip deformity. When the supratip is behind the tip, it serves to separate the bridge from the tip and that definition creates beauty.
Facial Plastic Surgery Result
The patient was very happy with the results of her tip-plasty rhinoplasty and that her nasal bridge flowed more cleanly into the tip. She liked that her new nasal tip was narrower and less prominent. And she liked the fact that the other parts of the nose were not changed.
