If the nose looks bigger after hump surgery — why it looks spread out and how to judge revision

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What was the question?

The story of someone who originally had a fairly severe hump and a very low tip.

• Without implant insertion, they had surgery where only the hump area's bone was shaved and only the tip was raised with ear cartilage.
• But the correction feels ambiguous, and since the raised tip angle is low too, to their own eyes it just feels like a big nose.
• There's no separate side effect, but because osteotomy wasn't done after shaving bone, the shaved hump area is gapped about 1cm long and 1mm wide — they worry whether problems will arise.
• The question's core was two things — whether the state is medically problem-free, and whether it's a difficult case for revision.

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The hump was shaved — why can the nose look bigger?

When hump surgery is performed, the hump area lowers and the nose comes to look spread out. And the tip gets raised to match the hump's height.

In other words, instead of the protruding part disappearing, the nose's contour itself changes — so depending on the result, the impression of "the nose got bigger" can come before the feeling that "the hump improved." Still, what specifically dissatisfies is hard to judge from description alone — the state must be seen directly to distinguish the cause.

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Then how is revision judged?

This case's answer has a clear order.

• Confirm whether there's a medical problem first — in this case, including the gapped area, the state was medically problem-free.
• Discuss with the operating clinic first — if there was no cosmetic improvement and the big-looking nose is stressful, discussing in detail with your operating doctor helps.
• Confirm the reduction method and timing — if you want the big nose reduced, osteotomy looks necessary; revision itself isn't difficult but can proceed only after at least a 6-month recovery period.

What to confirm before deciding revision can be seen in more detail in the revision guide.

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Summary — once you know why it looks spread, the next step becomes visible

If the nose looks bigger after hump surgery, that itself doesn't immediately mean a bad surgery. There's a change where lowering the hump makes the nose look spread — and like this case, there are states that are medically problem-free. What matters is order — confirm whether there's a medical problem first, discuss with the operating clinic, then if needed review revision including osteotomy after at least a 6-month recovery period.

If the post-surgery nose shape concerns you, it can be checked based on your current state in a 1:1 video consultation.