Before and after, before and after Ever since I was young, my hump nose and recessed chin were complexes for me, so in early June I had non-implant hump nose correction and chin advancement genioplasty for my recessed chin done together. So I started looking into clinics, and if I write another post later, I’ll leave reviews of the clinics where I had consultations, but today I wrote a review about the place where I had my surgery.
- Consultation review
First, I had it done at Note Plastic Surgery, and for my hump nose I consulted with Director Moon Hyung-seok (I think he was originally at another clinic and came here early this year), and for my recessed chin I consulted with Director Yoo Ji-han.
First, for the hump nose, I said I didn’t want silicone inserted, so I wanted to proceed without an implant. I said that rather than becoming pretty by overdoing it, I wanted to make the hump as straight and even as possible while minimizing side effects as much as possible. After taking a CT, when I had my nose consultation, we didn’t look at the CT, but during the chin consultation I glanced at the nose, and the nasal septum looked deviated, so I asked the consultant to have the director check the CT once. They said it really was deviated and that they would do that together too. So for the nose, they said they would do osteotomy, hump reduction, raising the nasal tip with septal cartilage, bulbous nose correction, and deviated septum correction.
For the chin, they explained while looking at the CT. They said my chin was slightly turned inward, so to resolve that I would need two-jaw surgery, but they said it wasn’t absolutely necessary, so I said that if it could be resolved with the chin tip, I would do advancement. For the chin, they said they would do a V-line osteotomy, reduce the chin length by about 4 mm, and bring it forward as much as possible, but for this too they said they would only do as much as could be done without side effects, so they would check once they were in the field. At that time, they said they were considering up to 10 mm, but in the end they reduced it by 8 mm.
- Surgery review
I set the surgery date and went into the operating room. At Note Plastic Surgery, it seems they put the patient information, CT, and so on up on a large monitor while proceeding with surgery. Did I go in a little after 3 p.m.? I think I went in around then and came out around 8 p.m. I don’t know the exact time. Rather than pain, the discomfort was worse. There was no cotton inside my nose, and later, one week after surgery when they removed the splint, there was something like silicone? like a nasal plug blocking the inside of my nose. Because of that, I couldn’t smell well and couldn’t taste either. Once they removed it, both sides of my nose opened right up, and I could taste and smell. Anyway, I was hospitalized in a private room for one day, and from time to time the nurses came to check my condition, including the pain-control injection. I slept lightly with my back raised about 70 to 80 degrees, and I couldn’t breathe, and the throat pain when swallowing saliva was so severe that that was the most miserable part. After the surgery, both directors came in alternately to check my condition, and the next day when I was discharged they checked my condition too, took a CT, washed my hair, and then I went home.
For almost a week, my voice barely came out properly and it was miserable. I couldn’t open my mouth either, and since I only ate porridge and liquids, I lost several kilograms. For 3 days I kept wearing the compression band, and after that I wore it little by little, alternating every 2 hours. The swelling was the worst on day 3. And a week later, they removed the splint and also removed the swelling taping on my chin. Even then, there was still a lot of swelling left, so it didn’t show properly.
But when they removed the splint, how should I put it, it felt like the hump was still there, so I asked. They said it could be because of swelling, and told me to wait, so I waited. First of all, as I’ll upload photos, my hump had been very severe and my nasal tip had drooped a lot, so they said that even if they shaved the hump as much as possible, if they shaved too much, an open roof? something like that could occur and a hole could form. But compared to before, it improved a lot, and since I didn’t put silicone in, there does seem to be a limit to how straight it can be. But people around me actually say it looks like a nose that hasn’t had surgery and that it looks natural, so I’m just going to live without even thinking about revision surgery now. As for side effects, at first I also couldn’t breathe well, and one side of the mucous membrane was very swollen, so there was a whistling sound. When I searched, it said this could be a septal perforation, so I got needlessly anxious, and it felt like my nostrils were uneven and crooked. But after about two weeks, around then, that sound gradually stopped and I could breathe through both sides of my nose. Now I can breathe completely well. But they said the nostrils can’t be made perfectly identical and symmetrical. So since that also doesn’t bother me much, I left it alone.
For the chin, I think I can say it changed really dramatically, and since I actually have a chin now, my impression changed. At first my chin was blunt-looking because the swelling hadn’t gone down, but now it has gone down a lot. Since they brought it forward by about 8 mm, they were worried about a secondary angle forming, so they cleaned everything up. When I looked it up, the chin also has a huge number of side effects, like tooth sensitivity, tightness, and sensory abnormalities from accidentally touching the nerve line. For me too, the same things came and couldn’t be avoided. I didn’t have sensitivity, but from the center of my philtrum to the right side, I had no sensation at all. As time passed, my teeth felt tight too, and even if something hot touched me, or if I bit my lip hard with my teeth while eating, or rice grains stuck to me, I didn’t know lololol. But they said this wasn’t because the nerve was cut or anything, and that since the teeth naturally get stretched and stressed, those symptoms can temporarily occur, so I waited. Then from some day, when I lay down to sleep it started tingling. Even now it still feels quite stiff and heavy, but sensation is slowly coming back. Now when I touch it, I just feel like I’m touching my own skin. It hasn’t completely returned.
I could write more at length if I wanted, but if there’s too much it seems like it would be hard to read. Rather, I didn’t visit many clinics before the surgery, proceeded with the surgery, and then searched and studied more afterward. I really hope no one does it like me. The order was reversed. It could have gone very wrong. Fortunately, I think I met good clinic directors and went through a successful surgery.
Even though I only had surgery on these two areas, in the end, going under general anesthesia, getting on the operating table, and having a knife used on you is something to think about carefully. There’s no guarantee that luck will absolutely be on your side, and your condition could be bad... Anyway, if you have questions, leave a comment and I’ll reply.
The before-and-after surgery photos were taken after the splint was removed, so sorry about the blackheads, sorry...
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