My nose was originally a really low, bulbous nose, so it had always been a complex for me, but three years ago, on a friend's recommendation, I ended up getting filler (the beginning of a terrible time...) For the first six months?? I was reasonably satisfied and thought, this is fine, but as time passed it started spreading sideways and became even puffier than my original nose... I felt like this was a bit much, so I hurried to have it dissolved, but even after dissolving it, it didn't go back to a nose that had nothing done to it at all. So this time, when I had surgery, they said they also dissolved the remaining filler... It's been almost two and a half years, and isn't that persistent...?? Really relentless... Even if your nose is a complex, if you're thinking of nose filler, get surgery instead, and if you don't want surgery, just do nothing!!!! Surgery is not the answer to everything, but I wanted to say not to get dazzled by the idea of becoming prettier faster and cheaper than surgery.
What I most wanted to improve about my nose was the low bridge and the thick tip, as you can see. I learned that noses like mine are called bulbous noses. Bulbous nose, what even is that? It feels like all my luck might run away too... Anyway, I had a grudge against my nose for being thick, so I wanted it as slim and high as possible, but after looking around a few places, the more conservative ones talked me out of it, saying that if it is too slim, it won't look good? But the aesthetic I was going for, and the reason I decided on surgery, was that slim, straight line... I immediately ruled out places that didn't reflect my opinion. And usually those places had directors who were a bit like stubborn old-school types, so it felt like communication was difficult. At the same time, if I went to someone too young or a new hospital, there weren't enough reviews and it seemed like they didn't have much experience, so I spent quite a bit of time looking for just the middle ground.
The reason I chose this hospital was, as I wrote above, that they reflected my opinion well, communicated well, and so on, so all the conditions I cared about matched. I put down the reservation fee on the day of the consultation. They recommended 4 mm silicone, but honestly I wanted 5 mm, right? Still, the director firmly said my skin was thin and, even considering my facial features, anything more than that would be too much, so I just agreed... Looking at the result, even 4 mm is higher than I expected, so I'm satisfied. For the tip, they used septal cartilage plus donated rib cartilage, and around the 3-month mark, the sensation in the tip came back. Until then I had no sensation at all, so I was really terrified... I contacted the hospital a lot and things like that, but later I found out that in some cases it never comes back, and in some cases it comes back earlier than mine, so it's really different for each person... I think you just have to leave that to chance.
It's been about 6 months since the surgery, and if you think of these as photos after all the remaining swelling has gone down, then that's right. I especially like the side profile, and it changed from a plain East Asian side view into something much more three-dimensional. You can feel that too, right? For about two weeks after the surgery, I had little bits of discomfort here and there, but even so, if I could go back, I would still have the surgery... They say nose surgery is something you need to watch over the long term for complications like inflammation, but for now I'm satisfied.