^PP, does your nose look different?
Yes, smaller from profile, a bit shorter from the front. Perhaps a bit wider from the front with a bit more nostril show. Pre-op it was curving to one side. My surgeon offered to straighten it during surgery, but we both decided to put it off. I just saw a PS about rhinoplasty, and he said that my nose is straight. I guess it was curved because the right side of the maxilla was more recessed than the left pre-op.
Did they shave your anterior nasal spine during the surgery?
I don't know. My tip went up, which is probably a good thing, as it was too droopy pre-op. The downside of a shorter nose from the front, is that the lip *looks* longer (it's the same length, I measured it). And I have a long lip. Pre-braces, pre-surgery I was delusional enough to think my lip was short. It was actually the proclined compensating upper teeth that made my lip curl, and the droopy nose tip helped hide the length.
I had mingy thin upper lip vermillion pre-op. Post-op it came over the bottom and looks fuller. I guess it looks normal now. Maybe the VY plasty helped as well. I don't like the long flat philtrum, however.
Alar cinch?
Yes. Probably the only thing that hurt for the first few weeks, mainly when smiling or laughing. The alar cinch makes the tip rise too much for the first few months. Then as it dissolves over 3 months, the tip comes down.
