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I’m the same person who wrote the photo review above! It was my first surgery, and it was a no-implant procedure that only lifted the tip with ear cartilage.
Anyway, today is day 7 and I took off the tape. I want to post face photos, but I haven’t been able to wash my face for 7 days, so my skin is a total mess and I can’t bring myself to upload them... The swelling and nose shape are still almost the same as day 1, so I’ll just leave a text post!
1. Visits by day & recovery process It probably differs from person to person, but my home and the hospital are close, so I went in four times: day 1, day 2, day 5, and day 7.
The basic aftercare seems to have been: checking the progress, wiping and disinfecting the surgical area, applying ointment to the wound area, and replacing the Vaseline hemostatic gauze at the tip of the nose (a hemostatic dressing with a tube through it, different from the usual nose packing) plus the tape and gauze support.
At other hospitals, a lot of people are told to apply ophthalmic ointment or Fucidin to the surgical area, but I wasn’t told to do that. The surgical area was taped as well, so it was physically impossible to apply anything there anyway.
On days 1 and 2, I got antibiotics and an injection for swelling. The intramuscular injection in the buttock, which was probably an antibiotic, hurt a bit. Even after surgery it hurt like a bruise, so honestly it bothered me more than the surgical site On day 3, the right ear dressing was removed. On day 5, the left ear dressing was removed + the stitches inside the nose were removed (the packing was really annoying, but once it was removed, it felt like heaven...) On day 7, the tape + hemostatic dressing were removed. The columella and ear stitches haven’t been removed yet, and I think that’ll probably happen on day 9.
The aftercare cost was included in the surgery fee, so I didn’t pay anything separately, and I liked that the doctor personally checked everything each time. But since it’s a small clinic, there aren’t things like swelling-laser treatments that other hospitals offer, so keep that in mind!
Oh, and after surgery they only prescribed antibiotics and gave me extra gauze for hemostasis under the nose; they didn’t really give me anything else to take home! (There are also many hospitals that give ice packs, painkillers, sterile cotton swabs, and so on.)
2. Swelling Maybe because the surgeon’s technique is precise, the area around the nose hardly swelled and I didn’t bruise much either. But the nose itself, where dissection was done, was swollen, and day 1 and day 7 feel almost the same in terms of swelling! They said I need to watch it for at least two more weeks before the major swelling goes down.
The ear area did have some swelling and bruising. Especially the area where the cartilage was taken out, behind the ear, and extending quite a bit toward the scalp. Even now on day 7, if I lie on my side, it still bothers me and hurts.
For swelling care, I did back cushions + pumpkin juice + coconut water + danggui doseum-bano-sin tripline, but since the swelling was small, I’m not sure whether they actually helped. Oh, and I think the last three are better avoided right after surgery.. I took them until day 5, but those medicines are supposed to improve blood circulation, so it felt like hemostasis wasn’t working well (I took them until day 5, then stopped, and bleeding stopped right away).
3. Nose packing I thought they were talking about the Vaseline gauze with a tube attached to the tip of the nose, but usually when people say nose packing they mean Merocel packing that fills the nasal cavity! I didn’t touch the bridge of the nose, so at the end of surgery they just removed that packing, and I was able to breathe through my nose from day 1.
But the hemostatic dressing with a tube that only goes at the tip of the nose stayed on for a full week. It does touch the stitched area and blood and mucus keep coming out, so it was definitely uncomfortable If I exhaled hard, it would get pushed out; if it touched the sutures, it felt uncomfortable and stung; and maybe because my skin is sensitive, I also had some skin irritation. Still, given that there was bleeding, I think that dressing was necessary, and honestly, thank goodness I didn’t have the nose packing that fills the nasal cavity..
For reference, I had some bleeding until day 5..! After that it was just mucus the whole time.
4. Splint & taping What was surprising is that I didn’t even have a splint The doctor really does take a conservative approach to both surgery and aftercare. They say they even postpone surgery if you have a pimple, and in my case, I really did have surgery postponed for a week because a pimple came up...
But at the same time, I felt like they were also paying as much attention as possible to patient convenience by not using a splint or hemostatic gauze.
Instead, they did the taping in multiple layers, pretty firmly. Taping.. it itched and irritated my skin a lot When it itched, I bought sterile cotton swabs and used them to scratch inside the nostril. I’m still thinking, at least I didn’t have a splint..
5. Ear As I wrote in the previous post, the incision is on the front side.
Among the reviews of this clinic, there were people saying they couldn’t wear earbuds, so I think a lot of people were worried. I was also so worried that I specifically asked about it. When I asked before surgery, the consultation manager honestly said that such cases did exist and that it could happen to me too.
I’m the kind of person who lives with earbuds, so I even considered choosing another hospital because of this. But the hospital’s honest answer somehow made me trust them, and I liked this place so much that I just went ahead thinking, if I can’t wear earbuds, I’ll wear a headset instead~
In the end, there was no problem at all..!
On day 6, I was so excited to remove the ear dressing that I scrubbed my Buds Pro thoroughly with alcohol wipes and tried them on, and they caused absolutely no issue. (I don’t know about EarPods, but if Buds work, I’d guess those would too.)
Plastic surgery is such a case-by-case thing that it’s hard to say definitively, but another hospital doctor told me during consultation, “Even idols who get nose surgery like it’s nothing still wear in-ear monitors and go about their schedules just fine, so don’t worry.” So unless it’s a special case, it seems like not being able to wear earbuds is pretty rare.
I still have the stitches in, so I guess I’ll need to wait a bit longer to know about the scar?!
6. Washing They told me to start washing my hair on day 5, but I couldn’t stand it and went to a hair salon on day 3, put on ear covers, and had my hair shampooed. Thankfully, the dressing didn’t get wet and nothing happened. From day 5 on, I washed my hair by myself in the shower booth.
I couldn’t wash my face, so I used toner pads to wipe everything except the taped area, then finished with a wet towel. It did remove oil and some debris, but breakouts were unavoidable.
I just showered starting from day 1.
7. Conclusion On day 1 after surgery, I really liked the side profile so much. Usually people say, “If you like the line right after nose surgery, then the surgery is a failure,” so I was a bit worried.
Fortunately, as of day 7, the side line hasn’t changed much. It’ll probably settle a little lower once the swelling goes down, but I wanted a natural improvement rather than something flashy, so I’m very satisfied right now.
I’ve seen several cases of people going to large hospitals and ending up badly disappointed, or cases where the patient was treated with real indifference, so I deliberately looked for a private clinic that genuinely cares about patients, and I think it was truly the right choice!
The skill is beyond question, and not just the doctor but also the consultation manager and the operating room nurses all seemed to have good character. Before surgery they spoke honestly without hiding anything, and after surgery they were even more attentive to the patient than before surgery, which made me trust them a lot. (That’s why I’m expressing my obsession in such a long post..)
For a first surgery, the price is on the high side, and I understand that revision surgery is charged at almost double, but if I were choosing my last nose surgery in my life, I think this would be a clinic worth the price.
If I had to mention downsides after saying so many good things, The price is very steep, and (you can see it from the estimate on the site, but whatever you do it’s a fixed rate, no review discount, no same-day booking discount, nothing like that) They’re thorough and careful with the basics, but it doesn’t feel like they give you a lot of extras, and because their style is natural and conservative, it probably won’t suit people who want a flashy look.
Thanks for reading such a long post, and I hope my writing helps with everyone’s concerns!