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Tip-Reduction Surgery: Bulbous Tip Correction and Long-Nose Correction

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The appearance of nasal tip is determined by tip height, length, rotation, and tissue volume. This chapter addresses excess volume of the tip (bulbous tip) and excess length of the tip (long nose).

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  1. JW Plastic Surgery Center, Seoul, Soul-t´ukpyolsi, South Korea

    Man Koon Suh

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Suh, M.K. (2018). Tip-Reduction Surgery: Bulbous Tip Correction and Long-Nose Correction. In: Atlas of Asian Rhinoplasty. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8645-8_11

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