Alar Reduction

The effects are that it ‘can reduce the overall width of the nostril wings and the width of the nostrils,’ and ‘can reduce how much they look spread when you smile.’ Honest consultation and natural results without overcorrection: Face Plus Alar Reduction.

When the alar rim itself is wide, this method removes skin from beneath it and gathers it together. The incision follows the boundary between the alar rim and both cheeks, so the scar is barely visible.

If needed, combining nasal tip surgery or columella (the pillar located between the nostrils) surgery can achieve a refined nasal tip line.

If you lift the nostril wing, the boundary between the nostril wing and the cheek looks like a line, just like a scar. Because the incision is made at exactly that position, the incision scar after alar reduction surgery is not very noticeable.

The size of the incision scar can also be controlled to some extent. The incision must not simply be made large and long. It must be made accurately and effectively only where it is needed. Of course, because of individual differences, the position and length of the incision scar and the amount of tissue removed will inevitably differ. The incision line is designed to lie at the boundary where the nostril wing meets the face.

And in most cases the nostril wing area and the nasal tip are both blunt and wide, as is the case for most East Asians. Notably, alar reduction is often performed together with nasal tip cartilage tying. Nasal tip cartilage tying is simpler than typical nasal tip surgery. So it is considered together when a patient wants a change in appearance that is not large.

Alar reduction is not possible in every case just because the nostril wings are wide. If the nostrils are also large and wide, and the overall width of the nostril wings is wide, this surgery is very effective.

However, there are cases where the overall width of the nostril wings is wide but the nostrils are small. This is mainly when the flesh of the nostril wing area is thick... In that case, the nostrils must not be reduced any further, so alar reduction cannot be done. The thickness of the flesh cannot be adjusted either. In such cases, another method must be used to reduce the whole nostril wing.

Heavy overcorrection is hard to put right. The nostril area in particular can easily end up looking awkward, so overcorrection is best avoided at all costs.