My nasal rhinitis was quite severe, to the point where you could say my nose wasn’t functioning properly. Every time I woke up after sleeping, I struggled because my mouth was so dry it felt like it would crack.
My goal was functional improvement rather than appearance, but they said cosmetic shaping could also be done for an additional fee, so I was tempted and ended up doing both.
The points I chose before surgery were: 1. A place that would definitely do functional nose surgery well. 2. A place that uses autologous tissue; extra points if it uses septal cartilage 3. A male doctor 4. A design that wasn’t flashy
While looking, I found an ENT clinic in its own standalone building that also had plastic surgery, and they made implants by crushing septal cartilage and then hardening it. I also judged that the design the hospital showed me was fine, so I went ahead with it.
At the first consultation, the director was very quiet, so I felt I needed to prepare my questions in advance. The atmosphere was extremely cold. But he said everything that needed to be said, without being salesy. He felt like a real medical professional, so my trust in him shot up.
It has now been well over a year since surgery. Because my nose was firmly built up with a support structure, the fact that pressure keeps going into the nose is something to keep in mind, but other than that, I had no discomfort at all. I asked him to make it so it wouldn’t look obvious that I had surgery, and maybe because he made the nasal tip slightly blunt, there has actually been no one who knew it was surgery. I also don’t really feel much foreign-body sensation from the implant.
I don’t originally wear glasses, but I’m being extra careful not to wear them in case the nasal bridge gets absorbed lol
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