Nasal Tip Mobility After Nasal Implant Removal

A question we often hear from patients is whether they will be able to make a "pig nose" after nasal silicone removal .

In the past, many also asked whether it was true, as they had heard, that removing a nasal implant and the cartilage grafted to the tip

would make the nasal tip collapse or turn up.

Patients now come having heard by word of mouth that there have been no such cases among those who had surgery at our clinic,

and because we explain this thoroughly during the consultation, most patients know that there is no need for such concern.

As a result, attention has now turned to the mobility of the nasal tip.

In patients who have had surgery to place an implant in the nose, the nasal tip is naturally fixed and does not move in any direction.

Even after the nasal implant is removed, tip mobility remains limited in those who have had a septal extension graft or tip cartilage fixation.

Therefore, for patients who want the nasal tip to move freely, our clinic

combines nasal implant removal with removal of the septal extension graft and repositioning of the tip cartilages, among other steps,

to help the shape and movement of the tip return to their original state.

The silicone and capsule on the dorsum and remnants of AlloDerm were removed.

(No grafted cartilage was found in the nasal tip.)

The tip cartilages were compressed and adhered to the upper lateral cartilages, leaving them immobile.

Cartilage repositioning was performed to restore smooth movement.

The appearance 1 year after surgery shows that the concerns the patient had before surgery,

 namely problems with the dorsum (the nose becoming lower and flatter) 

and an upturned tip caused by contracture, did not occur at all.

The foreign body sensation and headaches also disappeared completely, and the patient was pleased.

The view from below also confirms that after nasal implant removal the tip has not collapsed

 or become deformed.

The outline of the nasal silicone, which had been visible and showing through before removal,

disappeared completely after removal.

After nasal implant removal and cartilage repositioning,

the nose can now be moved freely,

and it has regained a soft, supple feel.