I had only had rhinitis surgery 4 years before my facial contouring surgery, so this was my first rhinoplasty for cosmetic purposes. I did hesitate, and since my own older sister had nose surgery 8 times and I watched that whole process, I couldn't help but be conflicted. Even after deciding on surgery, I think I wondered dozens of times a day, should I just cancel now? Should I give up the deposit? What made me even more conflicted was that other clinics recommended septal cartilage or donated rib cartilage, but only the place where I decided to have surgery recommended autologous costal cartilage. I think that made me worry even more. Because I felt unsettled, I compared reviews of other materials and autologous costal cartilage, and as I searched, there were many reviews saying people had surgery with other materials, their nasal tip drooped, and they had revision surgery with autologous costal cartilage. I absolutely did not want revision surgery, so I decided to use no implant and support only the nasal tip with autologous costal cartilage. Even until the day of surgery, I was so anxious that I looked up clinic information, reviews, and even YouTube. But although there seemed to be a lot of information on autologous costal cartilage, there actually wasn't as much as I expected..? I wasn't curious about pretty reviews; I needed explanations of what kind of case the patient was and why that material had to be used, but every review video just added a little about autologous costal cartilage and gave it a grand title. I think a lot of clinics will feel called out hearing this. Do they not think about the patient's perspective at all..?? Try thinking the other way around... While searching, I thought, since I already chose the clinic anyway, is there any point looking up other clinics? So I watched videos from the clinic where I had surgery too, and they covered autologous costal cartilage a lot. I could see things in the videos that I hadn't been able to ask the director or consultant, and as I waited while watching one or two things I was curious about, I calmed down a bit. It's really rare for a clinic to explain things in detail, but during the consultation they explained carefully what autologous costal cartilage is, and how the surgery would be done. On YouTube too, the director talked nonstop, and I actually liked that because it felt like they were really sharing everything.
It's now been about 3 weeks since I had surgery at the clinic. First, the height wasn't something I was greedy about, and since I used no implant, I'll mainly talk about the nasal tip and shape. First, my hump was smoothed out really cleanly. It had been quite uneven, but it became smooth, so I'm happy with it. My nose looks slimmer overall, and I'm so relieved that the nasal tip came out round rather than sharp. I worried so much it gave me a headache, but maybe because I researched it well, I like it, and if you're looking into surgery, I really want to tell you to research carefully and decide. Especially with autologous costal cartilage, many people look into it because it supports the nasal tip well, so make sure to go to a director skilled in autologous costal cartilage surgery. Don't take the nose lightly. I hope you look into it carefully and properly like I did before doing it.
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This is a surgery review pursuing natural beauty.