Hi everyone~ I finally came back after surgery and am writing my review T_T It has been six days since removal, and I have even removed all the taping! I hope this can help someone else, so I’ll write it in as much detail as possible.
- Why I had the surgery I had a bulbous nose and a dorsal hump, and from the side it looked as though the tip was dropping. For my first surgery, I visited only two clinics. I had always been satisfied with previous double-eyelid and facial-contouring surgeries after visiting just one clinic each, so I went to only two consultations for my nose without giving it much thought… haha. It was the biggest mistake of my life.
At the first clinic, after consulting the director, they quoted 7.7 million won. When I decided this was not right and was about to leave, another doctor said he had performed my fat grafting at another clinic before joining this one. The coordinator said that this doctor was also very good at noses and asked whether I had seen his before-and-after photos, then offered to lower the price if I continued consulting with him. So, unusually, I met two directors.
The coordinator dragged out the consultation and was extremely pushy. She said the clinic was the best, that I could not have all the procedures on my list, and that the before-and-after photos from [Clinic A] and [Clinic B] were not bad. She kept insisting that autologous rib cartilage could not be done at that price and pressured me intensely to pay a deposit, so I eventually did.
From the moment I came out after my first surgery with the splint on, I felt that the result would be far from the natural look I wanted. Even after the splint was removed, my appearance-related distress became so severe that I booked a consultation for early removal. I also posted many anonymous messages in the community. Some people told me to wait because it could just be swelling, but to me it clearly looked like a failure: my bridge had been shaved too much and lengthened, the starting point between my eyes was extremely high, the nose had become long and straight, and there was a subtle step-off in the tip T_T.
Unfortunately, I traveled to Vietnam for four nights and five days ten days after surgery, so I missed the timing for early removal.
I sent the coordinator long messages and expressed my anxiety intensely, but she shouted that it was not time to consider early removal and said that because the shape kept changing until one month, they normally would not schedule an appointment. She said that if I was truly anxious, she could arrange an appointment with the director, but the schedule was completely full because it was the Chuseok period and I would have to wait two or three hours. I realized there was no answer.
There had already been trouble caused by the coordinator before surgery, but I suppose it was my fault for lying on the operating table… After surgery, the coordinator’s attitude completely changed. She seemed uninterested in my nose, acted bothered, and did not even try to arrange appointments. Since I am timid, I eventually gave up communicating with that clinic.
After I questioned her about early removal, she never contacted me again. I had received a discounted price through the clinic’s photo-event promotion, but they never contacted me to ask for photos either lol T_T Of course, they never checked on my progress. Her attitude reduced my trust in the clinic to minus 500 million won, so I did not even want to ask them to do anything else.
I also had double-chin liposuction and muscle tying done at the same time, which made my whole face look broad and flat, and the swelling took an extremely long time to go down. I could not even go outside for several months T_T. I had used autologous rib cartilage in the first surgery, and even the pain from the rib cartilage felt so miserable. The surgery had failed, yet I was still in pain haha.
As time passed, the areas I had been concerned about were never improved, and the shape became worse and worse as the swelling subsided: the silicone deviated to the left and moved back and forth when I held it because it was not fixed T_T, the columella was deviated, and the tip cartilage was visible. I was barely getting by when my return to school, after a two-year break, was approaching. My nose looked longer, seemed to have a step-off, and had become a straight, masculine-looking, unattractive nose that completely changed my youthful impression and downgraded my entire face.
For these reasons, I finally decided to seriously search for a clinic for removal surgery.
I had originally planned to work only until December and have surgery in January. But if I did that, I would have practical training from late January while the swelling and contraction period were still ongoing, and I would keep meeting new people and worrying about changes in my nose. Since I work shifts, I somehow inserted days off and forcibly moved the schedule forward.
- Choosing the clinic I could not visit every frequently mentioned major clinic in the community. I visited exactly four clinics—three major ones plus one more—and made my decision. I wrote the consultation review and the details of my final surgical decision in my previous post.
Even after paying the deposit, I occasionally saw negative reviews and heard that there was no aftercare and that it was difficult to see the director if surgery failed. But I had also seen many successful cases. Every clinic has negative reviews, and this was not surgery to become prettier but surgery to return to a low, unattractive preoperative nose, so I did not expect a high satisfaction level. The doctor had extensive experience, so I decided to trust him.
Most importantly, he explained facial asymmetry in the greatest detail: what would happen if the columella asymmetry were corrected, and that everyone has some degree of asymmetry. I could not easily give up 100% on the shape, even for removal T_T. It would have been too hard to accept returning to a nose worse than my original nose—not because I wanted to become prettier, but because I did not want to become uglier than before. I liked that he gave me several options.
My reasons for choosing this clinic were the director’s apparent expertise, confidence, and many available options; the possibility of making a second-best decision after communicating during partial sedation if a problem arose; the coordinator’s expertise; the short number of clinic visits; reasonable cost compared with other clinics; and quick, clear answers whenever I asked something.
I am not a broker. I really paid with my own money, but I feel embarrassed because I seem to have written only positive things. I am writing this from the perspective of Consumer No. 1, a desperate person whose nose had gone badly wrong.
Surgical method: 2025-09-01 silicone 4 mm (estimated at about 3 mm during consultation) + autologous costal cartilage + septal cartilage + Venus nose removal (dissolvable sutures removed) + dorsal hump refinement + bulbous-nose correction (first surgery) = complete removal of all implants.
Surgery date: 2026-10-30 (Fri), 1:30 p.m.
- Removal recovery 1. Surgery day, day 1 (10/30): For several days before surgery, I think I spent one or two hours a day searching for reviews in the community T_T, worrying about what I would do if the worst happened. I was not planning to withdraw my deposit, but I kept wondering whether I had chosen the right clinic.
Before removal, I think everyone probably feels similarly T_T. I fasted for almost 12 hours, and I could drink water until eight or nine hours beforehand.
Because I live outside the city and was worried about being late, I arrived about 20 minutes early. The surgery took place at around 3 p.m., or perhaps earlier. I washed my face, changed clothes, signed the consent forms, had nose photos taken, consulted with the coordinator, had my nose hair removed and an IV line placed, waited a little, and then consulted with the director.
He said that the silicone moved when pressed and explained the purpose of complete removal. He said that my columella was deviated to this side, but correcting it so that it would not deviate would make the entire nasal axis crooked, and that I already had some asymmetry. He shaped it with a cotton swab and explained again.
Comparing my original nose photos with my current nose, he said that cartilage or fat seemed to have been manipulated during the first surgery and that my result would probably be somewhat slimmer than my original nose.
I asked whether the Venus-nose procedure could affect the shape after removal by leaving it uneven, but he said it would not.
I should have told him to let me know if a problem arose during surgery and to smooth the dorsal hump a little if it remained uneven. I told the coordinator, but I was too flustered to tell the director haha… Everyone, do not have surgery while carrying anxiety. Be sure to repeat exactly what you want before surgery T_T.
Then he said, “Okay, let’s begin,” so I went straight to the operating room. They disinfected my face, nose, and neck, and I fell asleep.
I woke up three or four times during the operation. They were working diligently, but no one spoke to me separately to say whether there was a problem. Each time they noticed I had woken up, they administered more medication. At the end, they asked me to lift my nose slightly for suturing. I was told there had been no problem and that they had completed the removal, and it was over.
I moved to the recovery room, rested lying down with a cold pack, and then a staff member explained the pharmacy location and said I would need cold packs for about two days. They scheduled a visit three days later. When I said I wanted to know what my nose had been like during surgery and what had been done to the dorsal hump, they connected me with the director, who explained everything.
There had been no problem, so they removed everything: the 4-mm silicone; a large piece of autologous rib cartilage despite my small nose; all remaining undissolved sutures; and the capsule, as much as was safely possible. The dorsal hump had already been well refined, so only a little was trimmed. An earlier ultrasound had suggested that the hump had not been shaved, but apparently it had been. Almost no septal cartilage had been removed, so there should be no later collapse. Overall, the surgery had gone well.
The nasal packing could be removed by myself two days later. If it was too uncomfortable, I could remove the right side late the following night. He said the right side could be removed first because there had been slightly more material on the left, although I do not remember clearly T_T.
I was relieved to hear this. A staff member showed me several photos taken during surgery and the foreign material that had been removed. It was a little gross haha. The autologous rib cartilage had indeed been enormous, so I felt that this may have caused the shape to collapse T_T. They said I could take the silicone home or discard it, so I decided to take it.
The cartilage pieces I assumed were septal cartilage were fortunately much smaller than expected. Then I was discharged.
My nose throbbed a little, and about 40 minutes later blood began streaming from the left nostril. I had been told this could happen, so I was not very startled and kept wiping it with tissues. At home, the saddest part was eating and realizing that I could not taste anything at all lol T_T. The packing made my mouth dry and uncomfortable, so it was hard to sleep for long T_T. I kept waking every two to four hours.
Mucus first came only from the left side, then streamed from the right as well. The swelling was not too severe on the first day. My face looked somewhat broader and flatter, and my eyes looked a little smaller. I could not tell the shape at all because of the splint and packing, but simply hearing that the removal had gone well made me feel incredibly relieved.
2. Postoperative day 2, 10/31: The nasal packing was still uncomfortable and the mucus continued. That night, with the clinic’s permission, I removed only the right nasal pack myself. The swelling was worse than on day 1, but not as severe as after the first surgery.
3. Postoperative day 3, 11/1: In the afternoon, I removed the left pack myself as well. Unlike when only one side had been removed, it felt wonderfully open. I had worried that mucus would keep running after removing the packs, but it did not.
4. Postoperative day 4, 11/2: I visited the clinic in the afternoon for nasal disinfection. They disinfected my nose and gave me swelling-reduction laser treatment. The director came to check me. He said we could remove the splint if it was uncomfortable, so we took it off. They taped the bridge and placed a small piece of gauze over the columella sutures.
I had taken off my glasses and could not see well, but the director told me to look in the mirror after removing the splint. There was a very blunt-looking something there haha… I had expected it, so I was not sad. The director also said that although my operated nose had had a high inter-eyebrow starting point, my original nose looked better, which gave me a little comfort.
When I touched the taped area and the tip, everything felt extremely soft and puffy. Thinking that it was all swelling was strangely reassuring. I just hope it does not become too low haha.. ^
5. Postoperative day 6, 11/4: Swelling-reduction laser treatment and suture removal completed the final treatment. The coordinator and director each checked my progress once more and told me to call anytime if I had further questions, which reassured me. The director also said the removal had gone well.
My biggest concern was that shaving the hump would make my nose too low. After the first surgery, I felt that the bridge had become even lower because the hump had been shaved too much, and my nose had become longer. You can tell just from the photos.
After removal, I worried that I would think, “I should not have removed it,” if it became that severe. But in the end, it does not feel that way. The bridge was shaved somewhat, but not to the extent I feared. However, it may only look acceptable because of the swelling T_T. I will have to wait and see how much lower it becomes over time.
For now, I am happiest that the tip has become rounder. From the front, I still look like a truck ran over me—like a fish-person with a swollen nose—but I had prepared for that, so it bothers me less than the side view haha.
- Final thoughts If I could go back in time, I would say, “I would never have nose surgery,” but I can say that because I had the first surgery fail and removed it soon afterward. Honestly, my nose was an area I had worried about continuously, so I probably would have opened it at least once.
It would have been wonderful if the first surgery had gone well and I had not needed removal, but unfortunately the shape was truly ruined, so I had it removed. Perhaps because the shape had been hopeless for more than a year, I do not regret the removal. If I had removed it early, I might have thought, “I should not have removed it while swollen; I should have waited.” But after looking at that awful nose in the mirror hundreds of times and then undergoing surgery, I have not regretted the removal at all. Instead, I feel incredibly relieved.
It has only been six days, so I cannot relax yet because I do not know what may happen as the swelling subsides and I recover. But I feel that a low, round nose suits my broad, flat face better, and the stress before removal was much greater, so I feel as though a weight has been lifted.
Of course, I wasted 9 million won in total on the first surgery and removal, but I will consider it an intense self-taught lesson in life T_T.
I also think the choice between revision and removal deserves careful consideration. I chose not to have revision because of the clinic’s response after my first surgery and the result of my nose. I did not believe that the silicone would definitely be fixed properly, that the deviation and visible tip cartilage would not recur, or that the deviated columella would not happen again. If the shape failed again, what would I do then? It would be horrifying haha…
But if you truly cannot give up on the shape and absolutely cannot accept returning to your original nose, revision may bring greater satisfaction. Before deciding that removal is always the answer, I think you should understand your own needs carefully. Many people undergo revision even after removal because they are dissatisfied with the shape. Think it through carefully before deciding.
I simply wanted to remove it and feel at peace T_T. I also had no money.
I think it is best not to touch the nose at all T_T. It has only been a few days since surgery, so I cannot recommend the clinic yet, and I do not know whether I will ultimately be satisfied. For now, though, I feel relieved and think that removing it was the right decision.
While writing this review, I looked at photos of my nose after the first surgery, my original nose, and my nose after removal. It is genuinely funny that the first surgery was the biggest downgrade to my appearance.
I will come back and upload photos after the swelling has subsided a little more. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me!