I had my first surgery with silicone in 2005, and lived well for 10 years without side effects like inflammation. Then, simply because I was dissatisfied with the shape, I had a second surgery in 2015. During the first surgery, they didn’t touch the nasal tip; they just refined the hump and inserted silicone, so my nose became longer than my natural nose. During the second surgery, they lowered the silicone height and raised the nasal tip with septal cartilage. It had been a completely straight nose, but it became a little higher than a semi-upturned line. (The hospital said it was a semi-upturned line, but it strongly felt like an upturned nose.) I remember it took quite a long time to get used to a nose where the nostrils were visible.. (At week 2, I was thinking about early correction.) I missed the timing, so I thought I would eventually need revision surgery someday.. But while raising three children, I honestly didn’t have much free time, so I think I just gave up and lived with it. Then one day this May, I suddenly woke up and noticed bruising on the nasal bridge. I didn’t think much of it and about a week passed, but the bruise didn’t go away and I also felt a tight sensation, so I thought this wouldn’t do and went to the hospital where I had the surgery. When they aspirated it with a syringe, quite a lot of dark blood came out. From that point on, I decided to remove the silicone and joined this community. My first consultations were at two of the three well-known removal clinics. After that, I had consultations at a university hospital and other hospitals, seven places in total. They said silicone removal itself would not be a big issue, but if everything was removed from the nasal tip, there was a high possibility it could become upturned. Most hospitals could not say for sure. It might turn up, or it might not. So I decided to remove the silicone but chose a hospital that would take the approach of lowering the nasal tip as much as possible. Some said using cartilage from just one ear would be enough to lower it; some said ear cartilage would not work and rib cartilage would be needed; some said that if the silicone was removed, the loss of height in the nasal bridge would feel significant, so autologous dermis should be used; some said to use temporal fascia and crush rib cartilage to insert it. There were all kinds of opinions. But I wanted to lower the nasal tip with the most minimal surgery possible, so I chose a hospital that suggested using cartilage from one ear.
Today is day 12 after surgery. The silicone was removed. For the nasal tip, ear cartilage was used, and the tip point was lowered. What I like most is that my nostrils are less visible from the front, and although the front view has lost that slim look characteristic of silicone, I didn’t have high expectations, so the fish-like face feeling isn’t too bad either.
It wasn’t a complete removal surgery, but I’m posting this in case it may help. After removing the silicone, my mind feels much lighter.
I’m taking the photos down.
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