I had nose surgery in Seoul 10 years ago.
I am male. I had a deviated nose, a hump nose, and a bulbous nose.
At the time of the procedure, I was told it would be done with silicone, and about 3 mm was inserted. I had hump osteotomy and rasping, and the nasal tip was treated by tying the septal cartilage.
I thought the silicone extended all the way to the end of my nasal bridge, and because I occasionally got acne and red pimples on the nasal tip, I thought it was inflammation from the silicone and decided I needed to remove it.
So after watching YouTube videos and reading hospital cafe reviews, I had it removed on September 23.
The plan was to remove only the silicone from the nasal bridge and leave the nasal tip as it was.
A few days before, I paid a 10% reservation deposit and had surgery on the day. I went from the provinces to Seoul, so it took 3 hours and 40 minutes, including subway time.
I went by SRT.
The price was also very inexpensive. If it had been silicone it would have been cheaper, but since mine was Gore-Tex, there was an additional cost. It was done by a closed approach.
I was so glad it was done closed. Because I had an open approach before, I have a columellar scar. There is a line, and I have thought about laser removal,
but because I live in the provinces, I couldn't do it. I heard it has some effect if you get it done more than about 4 times in Seoul.
During the surgery, a male director, a female vice director, and a nurse performed the procedure, and I think the procedure time was about 30 minutes.
When taking the X-ray, the director said there was a high chance it was Gore-Tex, so I was surprised.
During surgery, because Gore-Tex characteristically adheres well inside the nose, it was not easy to peel it off. Because silicone just slides out when removed,
but Gore-Tex is a procedure where it has to be peeled away, so even with local anesthesia, I could feel the sensation of it being pulled off, which felt strange.
I had local anesthesia, and honestly I don't think sleep anesthesia is necessary. If it is just simple nasal bridge silicone removal and not revision rhinoplasty, I mean.
There is an additional fee for sleep anesthesia.
It was done as closed surgery, finished with stitches, and I will go to have the stitches removed after one week.
The Gore-Tex area was from between the eyebrows to the area where the hump protruded, and the length was about 3 cm. Fortunately it did not go all the way to the end of the nasal bridge, so I think the surgery was relatively easier.
Looking at the removed Gore-Tex, it was surrounded by a capsule and such around the Gore-Tex, and after surgery there was quite a lot of bleeding from my nose.
I went to the restroom from time to time and changed the nasal cotton. I wore a mask, and since I thought blood might get on the mask, I brought a black mask.
Definitely bring a black mask. If it is a white mask, blood will absolutely get on it.
Even on the train, because I was worried blood might leak and there were people around me, I just put tissue around my philtrum to stop the dripping blood and wore the mask.
What I felt after nasal implant removal
It is really good. Most noses with a hump have a high nasal bridge, so even if there is some unevenness, it is only slight.
At first my hump nose was severe and I had a deviated nose, so now I removed only the Gore-Tex, leaving the nasal tip cartilage tying,
and although the bridge has become lower from between the eyebrows, the space between my eyebrows has widened again too. When you raise the nasal bridge, the area between the eyebrows becomes narrower.
Originally, when I was tired or drank alcohol, I had tingling pain in my nasal bridge, but now I do not have it at all, so I am very happy.
Since the implant in my nose is gone, my worry about inflammation is gone too. Although I only removed the Gore-Tex,
there is not much difference compared with how my nose looked with the Gore-Tex.
Right now, there is still some swelling between the eyebrows and in the nasal alae, but it has gone down a lot, so I am really happy.
If I could go back to 10 years ago, I think I would have had surgery without an implant.
If I did it, I think I would only use autologous cartilage and autologous dermis. If you do not have a nasal bridge, you would need to put something in, and if you have a hump nose, I recommend doing it without an implant.
For the hump, I think I would have just rasped it down, done it without an implant, gathered the nasal tip, and matched the nasal bridge height.
There are cases where people leave silicone after rasping the hump, saying it prevents the nose from growing back, but bone that has been cut does not grow back.
The nasal bridge bone and nasal bridge cartilage are attached, and because cartilage cannot be rasped down, that area protrudes. If you have it done by a skilled doctor, it can turn out really pretty.
Because the nasal tip was tied with septal cartilage, I cannot make a pig nose; it is stiff. But without this, I feel like it would go back to being a bulbous nose,
so I am satisfied because it becomes at least somewhat slimmer. There is a surgery to narrow both sides for bulbous nose surgery, but I did not do it because I am a man.
After my nose surgery 10 years ago, people around me could not even tell I had surgery, and after that I heard a lot that I was handsome, so I lived satisfied.
I think I will be getting married soon too, so I removed it in advance. If inflammation develops later, it becomes a headache, so I am really satisfied that I did it beforehand.
At other hospitals, the surgery fee is at least over 1 million won, but I had it done well at a low price, and I liked that the director seemed to have a lot of removal experience.
I sincerely hope you remove Gore-Tex quickly. It seems that the longer the adhesion has been there, the harder removal becomes.
If you go to a skilled doctor for removal, I think it can be removed well.
I do not think I will ever come here again, so I am writing this as my last post.
If you have revision surgery, the reason the cost comes out to over 4 million won is that removal alone usually costs 1 to 1.5 million won if done cheaply, and if it is complete removal, it can even be 2 million won,
so combined with the revision surgery cost, I think it cannot help but come out to over 4 million won.
This review is a surgical review that pursues natural beauty.