I want to make it clear that I am not a broker, and that this is a sincere review from someone who would have a fit at even the first syllable of plastic surgery.
After living in pain for nearly 6 months because of nose surgery, I have finally come back to my senses while looking at my now barely stabilized nose, and after much thought, I am writing this review. I sincerely hope it helps people who are in the same situation as me.
As the title says, after full nasal removal, I had reconstruction surgery only on my nasal bridge. The cosmetic surgery I had at the first clinic was silicone on the nasal bridge and septal extension of the nasal tip using Medpor. The reasons for full removal were: 1. Medpor They said Medpor had been used for the nasal tip support strut. 2. Cartilage showing through at the nasal tip There was a round area showing through where cartilage had been stacked at the nasal tip. 3. An unbearable foreign-body sensation, including hardness of the nasal tip and a fixed feeling They said this is characteristic of septal extension surgery and is a symptom that accompanies the use of Medpor.
I felt like I was going to become mentally ill with the operated nose, and I thought I could not endure even one more day like this, so I decided on full removal. The director said, “It will return 98% to your original nose.” Then what about the remaining 2%? He said the nasal bridge could become very slightly lower. He said that if removal is done after the nose has been raised, the patient may feel a sense of loss and perceive it as lower. So he recommended surgery in a way that would leave even 1 mm of silicone behind.
However, since I regretted the nose surgery itself, I said I wanted everything removed. I was extremely worried about the shape of my nasal bridge and nasal tip, but because the doctor confidently said it would return 98%, I trusted him and underwent full removal.
What was my nose like after full removal? The nasal tip became very slightly higher than my original nose. They said that because the spread-out cartilage had been gathered and tied during the surgery, even after removal, some effect remains. But the problem was the 2%... the nasal bridge. During the first surgery, to fix the silicone in place, they had shaved down my already almost nonexistent nasal bridge completely and made it extremely flat. When I looked in the mirror after the splint was removed, the face of the main character from the movie Avatar was in the mirror. I believed it was swelling.... I tried drinking pumpkin juice and worked very hard at icing it, but my nasal bridge did not come back. No matter how low an original nasal bridge is, there is still at least a slight slope, so light falls along the nasal bridge and dorsum, but because the nasal bridge near the glabella had been shaved flat from side to side, it just became a nose that looked like it only had nostrils attached.
I truly felt like I was going to die, and I cried every day. I hated myself so much for getting greedy despite having a pretty natural nose, and for lying down on the operating table as if I had been possessed. I really wanted to turn back time, even if I had to sell my soul.
Should I get filler? Should I put silicone back in? With only a slight exaggeration, I think I agonized over it about a million times. I had already opened my nose twice, and I felt such strong resistance and fear about putting a foreign material back in that I gave up on that idea. I had consultations at about 6 clinics, mainly places known for being good at reconstructive surgery. There were clinics that suggested putting silicone back in, clinics that suggested filler, clinics that suggested fat grafting only to the nasal bridge, and even clinics that suggested using costal cartilage... There really were many different surgical methods.
I wanted the most minimal surgery possible. The result had to be permanent, and I wanted a doctor who would perform my last nose surgery safely and honestly so that I would never, truly never, have to lie on an operating table again. After searching like crazy and going to consultations, I found out that surgery could be done using ear cartilage and postauricular fascia from the starting point of the glabella to the middle of the nasal dorsum. Fortunately, I still had cartilage in both ears, and the doctor also said that operating with this method would minimize scars on my body and give the best result. The surgery cost was really expensive, but the doctor was very famous, and I was told they had a lot of surgical experience with cases like mine, so after much thought, I underwent the surgery.
Now, 3 months after reconstructing only the nasal bridge, the condition of my nose is: it is very slightly higher than my natural nose, though it may absorb more in the future, and I am living gratefully and satisfied that I have a nasal bridge again. Through this experience, I am feeling deep in my bones how huge a 1 mm difference in the nasal bridge can be.
I hope this post is at least a little helpful to people who are suffering emotionally from a case like mine, and to those reading this before surgery, I want to say please... really think once more about whether you truly must have nose surgery. Many acquaintances around me have also had nose surgery and are living fine. But no one is 100% satisfied with their postoperative nose, and they live worrying about possible time bombs like inflammation and contracture. Please know that removal is not done only because of inflammation or contracture, and that there are many people who remove it for reasons like mine as well. If the surgery goes wrong, or if you dislike the result and end up removing it, I really hope you clearly understand that you may not be able to return perfectly to your natural nose.
I cannot reveal the clinic where I had the surgery before removal, and if you send me a private message, I will let you know the clinic where I had the reconstruction surgery.
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