Before/after/after/before/after rhinoplasty I’m writing this review to mark 1 year since my nose surgery.
Because I had a severe hump nose, I wanted the result to look as natural as possible. I also excluded large hospitals and made a list of places where a single director performs the surgery, then went around for consultations.
First, Hospital A, where I had a consultation, had an interior that felt like an old local clinic. When I looked up information, they mainly seemed to do implant-free rhinoplasty, and since I didn’t want an implant, I went there for a consultation. But they said they couldn’t shave down the hump on my nose, and could only raise the nasal tip; however, if they did that, my nose would become too high and look artificial.
So I went for a consultation at the second hospital I visited. This place performs surgery under local anesthesia. But I’m not very sensitive to pain, and I prioritized safety, so it was okay for me. (With local anesthesia, they can check whether you are breathing during surgery.) Also, during the surgery, your guardian can come in, look at the nose shape, and adjustments can be made. However, at this hospital, they said a silicone implant definitely had to be placed at the glabella area after osteotomy of the hump. The reason was something like, silicone needs to be laid over the uneven area to make it smooth and natural. Since my nose was already high, I worried that putting an implant between my eyebrows would make me look like an Avatar, but in the end I decided on this place.
Surgical method: They shaved the hump, performed osteotomy, raised the drooping nasal tip, and slightly lowered the columella. (Asymmetry correction and functional rhinitis surgery were also optional, but I thought it would be best to touch the nose as little as possible, so I didn’t do them. The director seemed like it was up to me whether I did them or not.)
Surgery process: They briefly put me under sedation, then locally anesthetized my nose. The process leading up to sedation was harder than I expected, more than the surgery itself. The operating room was cold, and while I was mentally hazy, I could hear the operating room nurses talking, and the cold water used to clean what felt like my nose or mouth made me drift in and out. After being sedated, I woke up, the director came in, and the surgery began. The surgery wasn’t scary. I was just lying there, and then my friend who came as my guardian came in and stood at a distance. They held up a mirror to show me my nose and asked for my opinion on whether that height was okay, so my head became extremely complicated. I asked them to raise the nasal tip just a little more, thinking it might droop later, and I’m satisfied with it now. After finishing the surgery, I had to lie in the recovery room for about 1-2 hours, and that part was harder than the surgery. My eyes and nose were completely swollen, pain started coming in waves, and suddenly my nose felt completely blocked, making it hard to breathe.
Now that 1 year has passed since the surgery, I’m also satisfied with my nose shape. I’ve had no problems even digging around in my nose or blowing it... The nasal tip isn’t as hard as I expected either. Also, even though slight asymmetry correction wasn’t included in the surgery, they said they corrected it a little. Maybe because of that, breathing through my nose feels easier than before surgery. I was worried because someone around me who had silicone had the silicone noticeably visible on the nasal bridge, and I was afraid mine would turn out like that. But maybe because the silicone only went into the glabella area, there isn’t that distinctive unnatural silicone feeling. When the director came into the operating room, I told them to shave only a little of the hump, so a little bit remains, but I think an overly smooth nose looks artificial, so I’m satisfied.
This review is a surgery review pursuing natural beauty.