I went through so much emotional distress, but today I finally had all the autologous costal cartilage removed from the nasal bridge and nasal tip.
My first and second surgeries were done by a crazy beginner director. They had put in silicone (all the way to the nasal tip, apparently) and ground autologous costal cartilage.
They also put in some unknown material, and they had completely pinched my left nostril, so a groove formed. They also designed the nose to turn upward, so I couldn’t meet people.
And at the last plastic surgery clinic, they said nonsense like I had almost no alar cartilage or septal cartilage,
but when they opened it up, it was there normally. It was just an underdeveloped area, and they said the alar cartilage had severe adhesions, so they released all of that.
At the hospital where I had the last surgery, I guess they did the surgery carelessly.. Releasing and repositioning are the most important parts, but it seems like they didn’t release anything at all and just roughly harvested autologous costal cartilage and did it like a factory-style clinic.
When looking into plastic surgery clinics, I deeply realized that you really have to do a lot of online research and legwork.
Anyway, if there is a plastic surgery clinic on YouTube saying things like, “We think of you like family and heal your heart too,” filter them out.
Most are often the exact opposite. And unless there is a truly serious problem with your nose, of course avoid artificial materials, and absolutely do not use autologous costal cartilage.
It makes the blood flow extremely poor, so wounds don’t heal either. The nose becomes extremely unnatural.
Removal today. To briefly leave a review,
even at the hospital where I had the removal today, they said my nose condition was very bad. They said there was a high possibility of columellar depression.
During the previous consultation, it felt so hopeless that it was hard.
But after surgery, inside my heart I keep having positive thoughts like, why does it feel like it went well? (Because of the splint and gauze underneath, I still can’t see my nose well.)
I just hope the contraction phase passes during recovery without any major problems.ㅠㅠ
They put me to sleep for about 5 to 10 minutes, then after local anesthesia, I gradually woke up and could tell the surgery was being done.
There was nothing painful or scary. During the consultation I was told it seemed like it would take over 2 hours 30 minutes, but I think it took about 2 hours.
I still can’t see my nose well, so I don’t know the shape, but when I gently pressed the nasal tip area, I never knew it could be this soft...
I don’t know whether this is normal or whether the nose is originally this soft.
For now, when I roughly looked at my nose, the nasal tip looks higher than my natural one. This part will come back down, right?
The hospital facilities were really clean. The nurse, consultant, and director were all kind.
It felt like everyone was really faithful to their own duties,
and at most plastic surgery clinics, after surgery the director goes into another patient’s surgery, so you don’t even get to see them, right?
Here, I was in the recovery room and the director came in and explained things. The consultant also gave additional explanations.
It was not factory-style at all, and because it’s a place that strictly limits consultations and surgeries per day, I trusted them a lot..
I received prescriptions for contracture medication and general medication. The medication cost alone was 120,000 won ㄷㄷ
I’ll have to take these carefully every day.
Somehow I wrote a lot even though the content wasn’t that deep.
Next time, after removing the splint, I’ll take photos and leave a review. I have to keep the splint and cotton in for 5 days. I hope time passes quickly
Let’s all remove well, find the light, and live happy lives~~!!
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