Before<Surgical-result nose>Before<Surgical-result nose>Before<Surgical-result nose>Before<Nose turned black immediately after surgery>Before<A piece of skin on the nasal dorsum fell off during a post-op visit>Before<Discovered that a piece of tissue inside the nose had fallen off during a post-op visit>Before<Nose after reconstruction surgery>Before<Thigh after surgery>Before<Nose before surgery>Before<Thigh before surgery>* The reason I wrote this post is to share that nose surgery must be approached carefully, side effects can happen to anyone, and if you cannot receive the necessary treatment quickly, even reconstruction surgery later may not allow normal recovery, so you must be careful.
● At the recommendation of the director of a certain plastic surgery clinic near Gangnam Station intersection (an acquaintance), I had <rhinitis + autologous costal cartilage (columella) + silicone (nasal bridge) surgery>. I asked only for improvement.
● The surgery took about 6 hours or more. Immediately after surgery, my nose started turning black, so I requested a consultation.
● During the consultation, while removing the splint and tape, a piece of skin on the nasal dorsum fell off, leaving a large scar (photo). They said it was fine but that they were paying attention because I was an acquaintance, and suggested extracting fat from my thigh for stem-cell treatment, so I did it once (they had no equipment, so they borrowed it), and my thigh became uneven (photo).
● During the consultation, a piece of tissue inside the nose fell off, and a deeply sunken hole was found (photo). They said it was localized inflammation and treated me with antibiotics until the one-month mark, then stopped.
● Afterward, I visited more than 5 times for nasal bleeding, discharge, pus blisters, skin-color changes, etc. They either said it was fine or treated it as inflammation with antibiotics, and when the condition became serious, they removed the silicone. They said the autologous costal cartilage did not need to be removed.
● After that, it worsened further. When I went to another hospital, they said the autologous costal cartilage also had to be removed immediately, so I had it done. They said it had been left for so long that the cartilage had all crumbled.
● After that, contracture and a large scar remained (photo). It was hard, but the director said I could have revision surgery after more than 6 months, so I trusted that and held on.
● After more than 6 months, I had consultations at a university hospital and several hospitals specializing in nose reconstruction,
-It was not simple inflammation; the nose had become necrotic, and inflammation accompanied the necrosis. -The cause appears to be that the dissection was too thin. -The degree of skin and cartilage loss is severe, so reconstruction is difficult with simple revision surgery. -For reconstruction, the lost cartilage must be replaced with autologous costal cartilage, and the lost skin must be treated with a skin graft or forehead flap, but skin grafting has major limitations, so a forehead flap is needed (a scar remains on the forehead). -Reconstruction surgery is difficult, must be done multiple times, and even if performed, normal recovery is impossible. -A hospital specializing in reconstruction said 99% of hospitals would say surgery is impossible, and a university hospital professor also refused surgery, saying this was a case they had seen only twice in 20 years.
● When I requested my medical records, they refused, saying that issuing cosmetic-surgery documents was not possible under the hospital’s internal regulations. I reported them for violating the Medical Service Act and received them, but many important details were missing (surgical record, skin-color changes, nasal dorsum scar, etc.). Records for about one-third of the visit dates were missing.
● When I posted a review on a cosmetic-surgery app, they said they would appoint a lawyer if I did not settle. When I asked them to first acknowledge their mistake and apologize, they filed a civil lawsuit and a criminal complaint against me.
● Right before surgery, after I removed my contact lenses and could not see well, they told me to sign an electronic-pad contract + consent form (over 20 pages densely packed in small print). Later, I saw that it included content I absolutely would not have signed if I had read it, such as ‘In exchange for waiver of the surgery fee, write a surgery review, and pay damages if negative content is disseminated’ (I paid the surgery fee), and ‘Other medical staff or medical assistants may perform the surgery or anesthesia,’ etc.
● The surgery schedule looked extremely tight. On one day, it showed <10:00 - 5 surgeries, 4 consultations, 1 treatment, 1 follow-up; 10:30 - 6 surgeries, 2 consultations, 1 procedure, 2 treatments; 11:00 - 6 surgeries, 3 consultations, 1 procedure, 2 treatments>.
● Based on the registration ledger: 2 doctors, 0 nurses, 1 nursing assistant (based on the July 2024 registration ledger), and 2 consultation managers.
● I had a face-to-face job, and I became unable to keep working at the company I had been doing well at. I waited sufficiently for over a year and had reconstruction surgery, but I did not recover normally (photo). My nose has shrunk so much that even my little finger cannot go in, making it uncomfortable to breathe, and even though I have rhinitis, I cannot blow my nose, and my sense of smell has also decreased. My skin used to be clear, but the enlarged pores on my nose from wearing tape for a long time are not even worth mentioning.
● Things I learned about nose-surgery side effects -Inflammation is an immune response; necrosis is the death of cells and tissue. -Inflammation does not occur immediately after nose surgery (within 1 week), but it can occur at any time afterward, and symptoms include swelling, discharge, redness, etc. Necrosis mainly occurs within 1-2 weeks after nose surgery, and the symptoms are mainly the nasal-tip skin turning black or bluish; inflammation may accompany it. -In cases of nasal necrosis, the most important thing is to receive the necessary treatment quickly (within the 72-hour golden time), such as hyperbaric oxygen, implant removal, medication, etc. Necrosis is a serious side effect, but recovery is possible if it is treated well quickly. If neglected, the skin and cartilage are severely damaged, irreversible scarring and contracture occur, and normal recovery becomes difficult even after reconstruction surgery (especially in the columella area).
* I ask for understanding from those who contacted me before but whom I could not reply to due to the legal dispute with the hospital, insufficient points, etc. If you have any questions, please leave a private comment and I will answer.
This review is a surgery review pursuing a natural look.