Patient education
Alar Reduction: Guides
Twelve guides written for the person deciding about the base of their nose, not the person studying the operation. They follow one question each — whether the base is really the target, how much can be taken, what the scar costs over a year, and when the honest answer is a different operation or none.
All guides
12 guides
- The Alar Base Trade: A Narrower Nose for a Scar You KeepDeciding
- Reading Your Own Alar Base Before Any ConsultationPreparation
- When the Bridge, Not the Base, Is Making the Nose Look WideAssessment
- How Much Narrowing Is Possible, and Where It StopsLimits
- Where the Alar Scar Sits and How It AgesScars
- Nostril Shape, the Sill and What Each Change AddressesAnatomy
- Alar Reduction With or Without Tip WorkPlanning
- Breathing After Alar Narrowing: What Is Assessed and WhyAirway
- Asymmetry, Notching and the Risks Specific to the Alar BaseRisks
- Judging an Alar Result While the Scar Is Still MaturingRecovery
- When Alar Reduction Is the Wrong OperationAlternatives
- Revision After Alar Reduction: What Can Be Added BackRevision
An assessment can end in no operation
Arrange an assessment. It begins inside the nose, because the airway decides how much narrowing is available, and it may end with a recommendation for a different operation or for none at all.