[Esthetic pinching of the globular nasal tip. Technical note]

A conservative technique designed to simple reduce the width of nasal tip is presented. It consists of approximation of the anterosuperior segments of alar lateral crus after their elevation on median pedicles. A marginal inferior band of alar cartilage is left adherent to the nasal mucosa. The procedure is completed without cartilaginous excision. We tried this technique in ten rhinoplasties and the results were satisfactory. The nasal tip narrowing obtained has no significant effect on either tip projection and position or nostril shape.