Hello Honestly, I thought thousands of times about whether or not to post this, and today, after finishing my full removal surgery, I’m writing while holding my painful nose.
Honestly, I’m not a broker. If you click my post list, you’ll know, but 5-6 years ago, while searching for information about silicone removal, I came across a community, and at that time I found out about the so-called top three. They said that if it was a simple augmentation rhinoplasty that did not touch the septum and only had L-shaped silicone with cartilage placed on the nasal tip, there was no need to be scared just because it was L-shaped silicone, and there was no reason it wouldn’t return to my own nose after removal. So I booked the surgery date that day and paid a 150,000 won deposit.
However, at that time, the foreign-body sensation or headaches that would sometimes get worse when I wasn’t feeling well quieted down after the consultation. And honestly, my nose had such a pretty line that no one could tell I had surgery unless I said so. I was satisfied with that look, so foolishly I kept putting off the removal surgery and forgot about it while working.
Recently, about 5 years passed, work piled up, and maybe because I didn’t take care of my health, the foreign-body sensation from the silicone between my eyebrows from back then turned into chronic headaches. I ended up taking Tylenol 3-4 times a week. I wasn’t sure whether the causal relationship with the silicone was exact, but I came to think it was because of the silicone in the glabella area. I also sometimes had a tingling feeling like electricity was flowing, and over time, symptoms of nasal-tip cartilage show-through and silicone show-through were added, so psychological factors also played a part. Before surgery, maybe because I became more sensitive, these symptoms became very severe, and every day I kept checking the mirror wondering if my nose had become red or upturned, only focusing on my nose. I almost became mentally ill searching like crazy again for reviews using all kinds of keywords like silicone removal clinics, silicone inflammation, contracture, and so on^^
Still, one of the top three from 5 years ago was still holding its place among the top three. Since I had already paid a deposit, and because that much time had passed, the doctor had published papers in the meantime, and I thought cases of patients like me must have accumulated more, meaning the doctor would have gained that much more know-how. I trusted that point and went ahead. As soon as I went for another consultation, the doctor recognized me and said, “When on earth were you planning to remove it? It’s been a long time.” Honestly, at first, maybe because the doctor had seen other people’s reviews in detail, or because I went in having braced myself strongly, after several years this time the doctor seemed gentler and explained the necessary points one by one with more professionalism, which I liked. Sometimes there are people whose feelings lean toward a clinic because the consultation is so kind, but I am a rational person.. Rather than pretty words, I chose the clinic by focusing more on expertise, certainty, and know-how regarding my surgery. Personally, I searched for board-certified plastic surgeons, and quite a few other clinics were subtly under suspension of rights........... That was also one of the reasons I trusted this clinic this time.
People who once make up their mind to remove nose silicone eventually do remove it, no matter how many years it takes. That is my case too.
I think there are many people hesitating because they worry after nose removal, “Will my nose become upturned? Will the shape collapse?” and because of how they will look after removal, so since I also received a lot of help from this community, I’m taking courage and writing this.
Honestly, unless you have fairly severe contracture, 1 The nasal bridge gets lower Don’t worry.. It’s because you’re used to the heightened look; in the end, it’s the nose I was born with and lived with for decades. Even if it was raised a lot, it would be 4-5 mm at most. But when even seeing a little pimple on the nasal tip every day makes you wonder if it’s inflammation or an early sign of contracture, living with the feeling of having a time bomb attached to your nose lowers quality of life. Is living healthily better than having a low nose?
2 The nose seems like it will become upturned After reading so many reviews, I found it really varies by case. Some lucky people don’t have a contraction period at all, while some people have a severe contraction period. But there was one common point in what those people said. It was, as expected, “time is medicine.” The nose also needs time and space to return to its original state. That means it comes with that much courage, pain, and time of patience from you. I think it is partly my own responsibility for having surgery done on a perfectly fine nose. Most people who said their nose became more upturned than before surgery often had forgotten their original nose. Like if their original nose was a bit short or bulbous. Even for people like that to some extent, after time passes and if they massage often, it seems to get somewhat close to the original nose.
Of course, there may be people who are unlucky and develop severe contracture. But I recommend thinking about it the other way around. If contracture was already happening, and if you hadn’t removed it early, and the nose became more damaged and necrotic, how would you reverse that... Even after removing the nasal implant, even after passing the contraction period, if contracture occurs, have a positive mindset that you can have reconstructive surgery, not revision surgery.
The me of today, who worried until the moment I lay on the operating table about what if contracture happens, is writing this post.
I usually bruise and swell for a very long time, so I’m bruised up to my eyes, and because the old cartilage had been pressing down, removing the cartilage made my nasal tip red too, but just with the single signal that my 8-year-old headache has disappeared, I don’t think I will ever forget today’s surgery.
Especially when they showed me what was removed, the 4 mm L-shaped silicone + cartilage + capsule was shocking in itself;; I put something this awful into myself, into my nose. I felt sorry.
If possible, don’t get nose surgery. Your own nose may be prettier than an artificial nose, but life is not easy enough to be worth the maintenance stress until the very end.
I’ll post another update on my progress soon.
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