What is a nasal ala reduction?

If you have a wide nose, and you don't like it, you may consider to have rhinoplasty. 

In this case, one method of reducing the wideness of nose is "Nasal ala reduction".

"About wide nose"

Face can be devided horizontally into five equal parts. 

Ideal proportion of nose is 1/5 in whole face.

If nose wider than 1/5, can call it "wide nose".

"What is a nasal ala reduction?"

Nasal ala reduction refers reducing the width of the ala of the nose.

You can see the location of nasal ala from below photo. 

"Surgical method of nasal ala reduction"

1) Skin excision method

Make an incision of nasal ala skin following the design that least exposes.

Incise mainly inner part of skin following skin wrinkle line so that the scar can not seen.

"The key point of skin excision method is to minize scar"

2) Suture method

Reduce nasal ala using only suture, without skin incision.

3) Improve thick nasal ala skin

In a case of thick nasal ala skin, improve the nasal ala thickness through exciding nasal ala skin lengthways.

"A case of Hanabi rhinoplasty clinic"