Discussion Nose Shortening

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Can the nose be fully shortened? Like so (see attached)

I posted on RealSelf to ask specialists if it was possible to shorten the nose in partial efforts to achieve a compact mid-face (one would also likely need a maxillary impaction, and a manipulation of the soft tissue, like a lip-lift), and the best answer I got was:

The nose can be shortened, but only by elevating the tip and Columella. If just the tip is elevated without elevating the Columella, this is shortening with rotation upward. If the columella is raised along with the tip, the nose can be shortened without significantly changing the nasao labial angle, I.e. with less rotation of the tip. The nostril location however is fixed and cannot be changed where the nostril attaches to the face.

Has anyone here got any solutions or thoughts? In my case; if the nostril location can’t be elevated too, then I’m out the game with changing this. In my case, if the columella and tip can’t be elevated without the nostril insertions, I can’t try shortening as it would form a deformity [as my tip is already naturally angled as up as possible without looking odd].