Hi everyone, I got a lot of help from reading reviews, so I am writing one too! I booked the appointment back when the hospital was in Hongdae, so there were no events or promotions at all, and this is a completely voluntary review.
Please read the post about the day of the full removal surgery here: https://sungyesa.com/nosenew/428587
I live in the provinces, so I booked one night at a place to stay and went. Maybe because of that, the director said that if I could come to the hospital once more before heading back down, they would give me laser treatment, so the next day I went back for one more swelling-laser session.
Maybe because of the antibiotics, my mouth got extremely dry, so I drank a lot of water, and it was hard because I had to go to the bathroom so often. I am someone who did not drink much water, so maybe my bladder got smaller People who usually drink a lot of water would probably be fine.
I was terrified that it would hurt, but rather than pain, it felt more throbbing and sore, and it did not really hurt at all. If you are someone who is thinking about removal surgery and worrying, ‘What if it hurts?’, that is not something you need to worry about, so go ahead and look into removal quickly.
After removal, my mind honestly felt so, so much lighter.
The hardest part: I normally sleep by rolling around a lot, but sleeping flat on my back with my upper body a little raised was so hard that I kept waking up while sleeping. I bought a floor chair and a neck pillow from Coupang, and without those I think sleeping would have been even harder, seriously such a great item!
From 8/25 to 8/26 there was no bruising at all, but starting on 8/27 I saw a slight yellow tint. On 8/28 I went to the hospital to remove the splint.
They gave me warm pumpkin tea, which is good for swelling, and then I was sent into the room with the reclining treatment chair. They removed the tape first and then took off the splint with a sudden pop!!!!!!!!!! I had read reviews saying they just yank it off, so I asked, ‘Could you please remove it gently even if it takes a long time so it won’t hurt?’ But no chance. They said it needs to come off in one second with a pop, otherwise it will just be more tiring, so I clenched my teeth and endured it. (It did not hurt; I was just startled.)
They disinfected the inside of my nose and applied ointment, then the director came and checked inside my nose directly. First, they said the surgery had been cleanly removed and the repositioning had gone well, so I felt relieved, but there was blood pooling in the spot where the silicone had been removed near the glabella, so after disinfection they used a syringe to remove it.
I am a huge scaredy-cat, and as I was sweating, screaming, and shaking, they held my hand and covered me with a blanket during the swelling-laser treatment
After surgery I felt so fine and normal that I drove long distances, went to a department store, made garlands, blew up balloons, and honestly overdid it in a pretty crazy way.
If you had surgery, do not act like I did and make sure you rest and recover. I did not even really do compresses properly;;; I need to get my act together even now.
The swelling is huge, but I really like the line Since it was removal surgery, I did not have much desire for a particular shape and my expectations were low, but even from the side it is truly pretty and I really like it. My husband said that, if anything, after surgery it looks more natural and much better.
Actually I took photos too, but I am too embarrassed to upload them