<I had my first rhinoplasty in 2013 at a famous hospital in Cheongdam-dong. I paid an extra 500,000 won because they said they would use Gore-Tex, but when it was removed, it turned out to be silicone. ><In 2016, my nose was too high and pointy, and I was dissatisfied with the shape, so I decided to have it removed -> I went to an ENT specialist in Apgujeong for removal, but they recommended revision rhinoplasty to at least preserve the nasal tip, so I had revision surgery. ><In 2019, even after revision surgery on the nasal tip, my nose was still too high, pointy, and obviously operated on, so I decided to have everything removed.>Since I also got a lot of help from reviews, I’m posting this photo review as a way of returning the favor, hoping it may help someone else too.
Starting with my first rhinoplasty in 2013, I went through complete removal and nasal tip revision surgery (donated costal cartilage) in 2016, and in 2019, I had everything removed.
✅Surgical method
They said a closed approach was also possible, but I had it done with an open approach, and after removal, cartilage repositioning was performed.
✅Surgery process
Since the surgery was done under sedation anesthesia, there was no pain at all.
Even after waking up from anesthesia, I barely had any pain.
I don’t know the exact surgery time, but..
There was some consultation and waiting time before surgery,
and after surgery, because I felt dizzy while waking up from anesthesia,
I rested for a while before leaving.
My surgery appointment was at 1 o’clock, but the time I left the hospital was
around 5 o’clock.
Before I went home, they showed me the surgery process photos and the removed materials in person,
and gave me one more consultation.
✅Swelling management
I didn’t diligently do cold compresses. There’s no reason.
I was just too lazy..
Instead, I took all the prescribed antibiotic medication regularly,
and since I knew pumpkin juice doesn’t help swelling at all,
I didn’t take it. Because of constipation, I kept taking
the green apple juice I had already been drinking, three packs every day.
From after suture removal, the director recommended that light walks,
excluding weight training, help swelling more than compresses,
so after getting the sutures removed, I’ve been taking light walks for 2 hours a day.
✅Aftercare
The day after surgery, I visited the hospital and received an antibiotic injection and disinfection.
Until suture removal, for all 6 days, my nose kept running so much
that I struggled a lot. A very small amount of nosebleed came out mixed with the runny nose,
but that got better after a day or two, and only the runny nose continued.
On day 6, I went to have the sutures removed, and this is a hospital where the director personally manages everything
from start to finish.
The director said I had a lot of nasal crusts and cleaned them up for me,
and they are very meticulous.
✅It’s not hard, but it’s not soft yet either. The alar area in particular has pain, and the texture is somewhere between hard and soft, so I asked the director, and they said there is still swelling and it will loosen up.
✅Personal additional note after removal.
Honestly, after nose removal, because of the swelling, all I could see was my nose,
and I looked like someone with a huge, bulbous nose,
so the sense of loss after removal is enormous.
I had revision surgery too, and because of repeated dissatisfaction with the shape,
the hard foreign-body sensation, and guilt about having had plastic surgery,
I ultimately accepted it and chose removal,
but the swelling after removal is on a completely different level from revision-surgery swelling,
so honestly, the sense of loss is really enormous.
If you are removing it for reasons like dissatisfaction with the shape, a hard foreign-body sensation,
or guilt about having had plastic surgery, like me,
rather than alarming complications such as skin necrosis or implant protrusion/breaking through,
then go into removal with the mindset that
‘Once I remove it, there will be no more revision rhinoplasty.’
Please remove it with that level of determination.
If you don’t have that level of determination and remove it simply because you’re dissatisfied with the shape,
I think there may be a high chance that you’ll end up having revision surgery again
because you’re dissatisfied with the shape after removal too..
Think carefully, and if removal doesn’t seem like the answer,
don’t remove it. Look into things thoroughly and get revision surgery instead.
Some people may feel uncomfortable with my personal opinion,
but this is an added note I wrote out of concern,
hoping you will think that carefully before removal.
I’m trying to leave a fairly detailed record, so if there is anything problematic, please point it out.
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