Bulbous Nose Tip, Pictures, Rhinoplasty and Nose Job

I have a bulbous nose, what should I do? If you have it and that you don’t like, we have all the information you might be interested in including bulbous nose rhinoplasty (with before and after looks), nose job, pictures, and a lot more.

What Is It? 

A bulbous nose tip is one that makes your nose to appear as though there is a ball at the end. Furthermore, it makes the nose look heavy and often attracts the attention away from other facial features particularly the eyes. While some people would not be bothered by this occurrence, others might feel uneasy and develop low self-confidence and self-esteem as a result.

Causes of bulbous nose tip

So what causes a bulbous nose tip? Well, it is caused by various factors. The most common factor is having a thick nose tip skin. The extra thickness in the skin is reflected in a bulbous shape.  In some patients, especially among non-Caucasians to whom removal of extra fibro fatty tissues can be done without a problem, surgically thinning the nasal skin a bit can help get rid of a bulbous tip.  Excessive thinning of soft tissues should however be avoided to avoid impairment of blood supply to the nose.

Another common cause is having a lower lateral nasal tip cartilage that is either too wide or too convex, or both. This results in a sub-optimal shape.

Types of bulbous tips

There are three types of tips.

Cartilaginous bulbous tip

The first one is cartilaginous bulbous tip which is commonly seen in Caucasians. Rhinoplasty typically involves resculpting the nasal tip cartilages to a more refined aquiline shape.

Fatty bulbous tip

Fatty bulbous tip is another type, which is typically common among Africans, Asians and Hispanics. A nose job for this type of nose tip usually involves nose tip cartilage grafting as well as removal of some fatty tissues from the tip to reduce the subcutaneous skin.

Scar tissues bulbous nose tip

People who have had a previous nose job performed may experience the third type, which is caused by a build up of scar tissues in the tip of the nose. The scar tissues need to be removed and in some instance, it may be accompanied by cartilage grafting.

Bulbous Nose Pictures

Someone once said that a picture is worth a thousand words and who are we to refute that? We have included some pictures below. The pictures will give you an idea of what it looks like and help you decide if you have it or not.

This lady openly claims that she doesn’t like the “super bulbous” look of her nose. She planned to have a rhinoplasty by October 2013 but se is yet to report how it went if she at all had it done.

You may as well get inspiration into what a it looks like from the pictures below:

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Bulbous Nose Rhinoplasty

The desire to have a more refined tip of the nose is a common one among people with bulbous tips. Bulbous nose rhinoplasty is usually performed to enhance the look of the nose among such peoples.

But as Deirdre Leake, a plastic surgeon in Florida, California says, nose tip rhinoplasty is one of the most difficult surgeries technically speaking. It is also harder to anticipate the final results for a nose tip rhinoplasty after altering the nasal framework. Deirdre points out that “…the skin may or may not take the new shape, making it hard to anticipate the final result.”

A common misconception about  this rhinoplasty is that it involves the removal of lots of cartilage. While this was generally preferred in the past, it typically results destabilization of the nose tip, pinching and sometimes an unnatural shape of the nose tip which may just plain give you away.

This rhinoplasty typically involves refining the tip by narrowing the lower cartilage. Rather than focus more on cartilage removal, most practitioners nowadays will focus more on adding support though addition of cartilage and strengthening of the cartilage. Strengthening will most likely involve reorienting the convex lower lateral crura that makes the nasal tip a bit fuller.

Bulbous Nose Rhinoplasty Before And After

Bulbous nose rhinoplasty can give a more refined look. But according to most experts on the subject, the result should not be overly dramatic to make you look as though you just had a new nose implanted. As a matter of fact, nobody should notice that you had a correction.

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The picture above is a perfect example of what rhinoplasty can do or how it can help. This lady didn’t like her nose looks, so she requested for a refinement. The first photo (on the left) shows how she initially looked like and the second one (on the right) shows how she looks 20 months after the rhinoplasty surgery.

This is yet another great “Before and after” picture showing how a nose rhinoplasty was able to enhance the appearance of this lady.

Bulbous Nose Job

If you would rather not have that bulbous look in your nose, you can go for a bulbous nose job to reduce it. Most plastic surgeons will make nose refinement as you desire, but there is no guarantee that the surgeon can perform the procedure as per your goals.

A surgeon will typically ask you what you want to achieve and he/she will then advise you if it is really possible or not.

After this nose job, chances are that you will have an improved look which is nevertheless not very dramatic or transforming as to be easily noticeable. It should also not make your nose look unnatural, but if the results are not quite as you had expected, you can always go for a revision procedure.

Alcoholism and Bulbous Nose

Having a this type of a nose is often associated with alcoholism. However this is not usually the case. It might be true that alcohol can make pre-existing conditions such as Rosacea worse, resulting in Rhinophyma which is characterized by a a nose that is bulbous, a reddish appearance of the skin, and thick skin.

However, alcohol on its own cannot make someone’s nose get bulbous. It would however be a good idea to avoid alcohol if you are suffering from Rhinophyma which is technically speaking a worsened case of Rosacea.