Alarplasty Caloocan City

Your wide nose makes you feel like one of those funny-looking animated characters, somehow it makes you feel less confident and unhappy. Now the time has come for you to do something about it. Nose Trim is the cosmetic procedure you are looking for. Also known as Alarplasty , Nose trim is a surgical procedure that aims to narrow the span of nostrils and alar base. People with wide opening and flared nostrils are candidate for this surgery. The surgery is done by cutting out a wedge-shaped piece from the outer base of each of your nostrils. Once the surgery is finished, your nose will be covered with splint or bandage. The surgery is performed in the clinic under local anesthesia on an outpatient basis, and usually takes an hour to finish. “The technique depends on the shape of the nostrils and nasal proportion to the whole face, but generally its goal is to make the nose look compatible with the rest of the facial features. Although it seems like a minor operation, alarplasty like other cosmetic procedures, needs skill and takes a lot of experience to produce good outcome,” says Dr. Alonzo.During your consultation…Dr.Alozo will evaluate your general health status and any pre-existing health conditions or risk factors, as well as discuss the likely outcomes of the procedure, risks and complications and the type of anesthesia that will be used, including all aspects of the surgery from preparation to post-operative care and follow up and recovery, etc. Moreover, prior to surgery, you will be advised to take certain medications or adjust your current medications and stop smoking few days before the surgery, as smoking can increase bleeding. You will be asked to avoid taking aspirin and anti-inflammatory drugs, and prescribe special instructions like

The nose, being at the center ofthe face, can become the focal point of interest when facing people.  As the nose can come in different shapes andsizes and looks, it is but natural to be one of the top procedures, if not thetop aesthetic/cosmetic procedure that is asked for from plastic surgeons. Rhinoplasty or nose job canwidely range from:  making the tip ofyour nose pointy in a Tip Plasty procedure  or smaller, by trimming the wings of aseemingly wide nose with Alar Trimming; to building up a patient’s nose bridge,usually with a Malay nose and some Asian noses, at the same time that a tip plastyand alar trimming is done. A dermabrasion procedure with skin grafting, priorto further contouring the nose in patients with Rhinophyma, multiple lumps onthe nose brought about by the build up of oil glands deep underneath the skinof the nose. Rhinoplasty can be done with theaid of inert prosthetic, medical grade implants silicone or ePTFP (popularlyknown as Gore Tex) or with autologous tissue such as cartilage that can betaken from the ears or from the cartilage of the ribs. For Caucasians, the bridge of thenose may be curved like a parrot’s beak or crooked and deviated to one side andstraightening the top of the nasal bridge or making the nose fall in onestraight line may entail some bone restructuring.

Nose (alar) trimming